Лорд Джим

Chapter 40

           OldTunkuAllang,almostoutofhismindwithfearandindecision,eitherkeptasullensilenceorabusedthemviolentlyfordaringtocomewithemptyhands:theydepartedverymuchfrightened;onlyoldDoraminkepthiscountrymentogetherandpursuedhistacticsinflexibly.Enthronedinabigchairbehindtheimprovisedstockade,heissuedhisordersinadeepveiledrumble,unmoved,likeadeafman,intheflyingrumours.

           ‘Duskfell,hidingfirstthebodyofthedeadman,whichhadbeenleftlyingwitharmsoutstretchedasifnailedtotheground,andthentherevolvingsphereofthenightrolledsmoothlyoverPatusanandcametoarest,showeringtheglitterofcountlessworldsupontheearth.Again,intheexposedpartofthetownbigfiresblazedalongtheonlystreet,revealingfromdistancetodistanceupontheirglaresthefallingstraightlinesofroofs,thefragmentsofwattledwallsjumbledinconfusion,hereandthereawholehutelevatedintheglowupontheverticalblackstripesofagroupofhighpilesandallthislineofdwellings,revealedinpatchesbytheswayingflames,seemedtoflickertortuouslyawayup-riverintothegloomattheheartoftheland.

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