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Chapter 41

           Whilehewasboastingtome,inhissordidandrepulsiveagony,Icouldn’thelpthinkingofthechucklingtalkrelatingtothetimeofhisgreatestsplendourwhen,duringayearormore,GentlemanBrown’sshipwastobeseen,formanydaysonend,hoveringoffanisletbefringedwithgreenuponazure,withthedarkdotofthemission-houseonawhitebeach;whileGentlemanBrown,ashore,wascastinghisspellsoveraromanticgirlforwhomMelanesiahadbeentoomuch,andgivinghopesofaremarkableconversiontoherhusband.Thepoorman,sometimeorother,hadbeenheardtoexpresstheintentionofwinning“CaptainBrowntoabetterwayoflife.”...“BagGentlemanBrownforGlory”—asaleery-eyedloaferexpresseditonce—“justtoletthemseeupabovewhataWesternPacifictradingskipperlookslike.”Andthiswastheman,too,whohadrunoffwithadyingwoman,andhadshedtearsoverherbody.“Carriedonlikeabigbaby,”histhenmatewasnevertiredoftelling,“andwherethefuncameinmayIbekickedtodeathbydiseasedKanakasifIknow.Why,gents!shewastoofargonewhenhebroughtheraboardtoknowhim;shejustlaythereonherbackinhisbunkstaringatthebeamwithawfulshiningeyes—andthenshedied.Dam’badsortoffever,Iguess....”Irememberedallthesestorieswhile,wipinghismattedlumpofabeardwithalividhand,hewastellingmefromhisnoisomecouchhowhegotround,gotin,gothome,onthatconfounded,immaculate,don’t-you-touch-mesortoffellow

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