Лорд Джим

Chapter 40

           Suddenlybeyondthestretchofwasteground,interspersedwithsmallpatchesoflowdensebush,excavations,heapsofrubbish,withtroddenpathsbetween,aman,solitaryandlookingverysmall,strolledoutintothedesertedopeningofthestreetbetweentheshut-up,dark,lifelessbuildingsattheend.Perhapsoneoftheinhabitants,whohadfledtotheotherbankoftheriver,comingbackforsomeobjectofdomesticuse.Evidentlyhesupposedhimselfquitesafeatthatdistancefromthehillontheothersideofthecreek.Alightstockade,setuphastily,wasjustroundtheturnofthestreet,fullofhisfriends.Hemovedleisurely.Brownsawhim,andinstantlycalledtohissidetheYankeedeserter,whoactedasasortofsecondincommand.Thislanky,loose-jointedfellowcameforward,wooden-faced,trailinghisriflelazily.Whenheunderstoodwhatwaswantedfromhimahomicidalandconceitedsmileuncoveredhisteeth,makingtwodeepfoldsdownhissallow,leatherycheeks.Hepridedhimselfonbeingadeadshot.Hedroppedononeknee,andtakingaimfromasteadyrestthroughtheunloppedbranchesofafelledtree,fired,andatoncestooduptolook.Theman,faraway,turnedhisheadtothereport,madeanotherstepforward,seemedtohesitate,andabruptlygotdownonhishandsandknees.Inthesilencethatfelluponthesharpcrackoftherifle,thedeadshot,keepinghiseyesfixeduponthequarry,guessedthat“thistherecoon’shealthwouldneverbeasourceofanxietytohisfriendsanymore.

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