Лорд Джим

Chapter 42

           Themovementsofcanoespassingtoandfrobetweenthetwopartsofthetownwerewatchedwithinterest.AcoupleofBugiswar-boatslayanchoredinthemiddleofthestreamtoprotecttheriver,andathreadofsmokestoodatthebowofeach;themeninthemwerecookingtheirmiddayricewhenJim,afterhisinterviewswithBrownandDoramin,crossedtheriverandenteredbythewater-gateofhisfort.Thepeopleinsidecrowdedroundhim,sothathecouldhardlymakehiswaytothehouse.Theyhadnotseenhimbefore,becauseonhisarrivalduringthenighthehadonlyexchangedafewwordswiththegirl,whohadcomedowntothelanding-stageforthepurpose,andhadthengoneonatoncetojointhechiefsandthefightingmenontheotherbank.Peopleshoutedgreetingsafterhim.Oneoldwomanraisedalaughbypushingherwaytothefrontmadlyandenjoininghiminascoldingvoicetoseetoitthathertwosons,whowerewithDoramin,didnotcometoharmatthehandsoftherobbers.Severalofthebystanderstriedtopullheraway,butshestruggledandcried,“Letmego.Whatisthis,OMuslims?Thislaughterisunseemly.Aretheynotcruel,bloodthirstyrobbersbentonkilling?”“Letherbe,”saidJim,andasasilencefellsuddenly,hesaidslowly,“Everybodyshallbesafe.”Heenteredthehousebeforethegreatsigh,andtheloudmurmursofsatisfaction,haddiedout.

           ‘There’snodoubthismindwasmadeupthatBrownshouldhavehiswayclearbacktothesea.Hisfate,revolted,wasforcinghishand.

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