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"
This
devoted
band
called
itself
the
Eldorado
Exploring
Expedition
,
and
I
believe
they
were
sworn
to
secrecy
.
Their
talk
,
however
,
was
the
talk
of
sordid
buccaneers
:
it
ywas
reckless
without
hardihood
,
greedy
without
audacity
,
and
cruel
without
courage
;
there
was
not
an
atom
of
foresight
or
of
serious
intention
in
the
whole
batch
of
them
,
and
they
did
not
seem
aware
these
things
are
wanted
for
the
work
of
the
world
.
To
tear
treasure
out
of
the
bowels
of
the
land
was
their
desire
,
with
no
more
moral
purpose
at
the
back
of
it
than
there
is
in
burglars
breaking
into
a
safe
.
Who
paid
the
expenses
of
the
noble
enterprise
I
do
n't
know
;
but
the
uncle
of
our
manager
was
leader
of
that
lot
.
"
In
exterior
he
resembled
a
butcher
in
a
poor
neighbourhood
,
and
his
eyes
had
a
look
of
sleepy
cunning
.
He
carried
his
fat
paunch
with
ostentation
on
his
short
legs
,
and
during
the
time
his
gang
infested
the
station
spoke
to
no
one
but
his
nephew
.
You
could
see
these
two
roaming
about
all
day
long
with
their
heads
close
together
in
an
everlasting
confab
.
"
I
had
given
up
worrying
myself
about
the
rivets
.
One
's
capacity
for
that
kind
of
folly
is
more
limited
than
you
would
suppose
.
I
said
Hang
!
--
and
let
things
slide
I
had
plenty
of
time
for
meditation
,
and
now
and
then
I
would
give
some
thought
to
Kurtz
.
I
was
n't
very
interested
in
him
.
No
.
Still
,
I
was
curious
to
see
whether
this
man
,
who
had
come
out
equipped
with
moral
ideas
of
some
sort
,
would
climb
to
the
top
after
all
and
how
he
would
set
about
his
work
when
there
.
"
"
One
evening
as
I
was
lying
flat
on
the
deck
of
my
steamboat
,
I
heard
voices
approaching
--
and
there
were
the
nephew
and
the
uncle
strolling
along
the
bank
.
I
laid
my
head
on
my
arm
again
,
and
had
nearly
lost
myself
in
a
doze
,
when
somebody
said
in
my
ear
,
as
it
were
:
'
I
am
as
harmless
as
a
little
child
,
but
I
do
n't
like
to
be
dictated
to
.
Am
I
the
manager
--
or
am
I
not
?
I
was
ordered
to
send
him
there
.
It
's
incredible
.
'
...
I
became
aware
that
the
two
were
standing
on
the
shore
alongside
the
forepart
of
the
steamboat
,
just
below
my
head
.
I
did
not
move
;
it
did
not
occur
to
me
to
move
:
I
was
sleepy
.
'
It
IS
unpleasant
,
'
grunted
the
uncle
.
'
He
has
asked
the
Administration
to
be
sent
there
,
'
said
the
other
,
'
with
the
idea
of
showing
what
he
could
do
;
and
I
was
instructed
accordingly
.
Look
at
the
influence
that
man
must
have
.
Is
it
not
frightful
?
'
They
both
agreed
it
was
frightful
,
then
made
several
bizarre
remarks
:
'
Make
rain
and
fine
weather
--
one
man
--
the
Council
--
by
the
nose
'
--
bits
of
absurd
sentences
that
got
the
better
of
my
drowsiness
,
so
that
I
had
pretty
near
the
whole
of
my
wits
about
me
when
the
uncle
said
,
'
The
climate
may
do
away
with
this
difficulty
for
you
.
Is
he
alone
there
?
'
'
Yes
,
'
answered
the
manager
;
'
he
sent
his
assistant
down
the
river
with
a
note
to
me
in
these
terms
:
"
Clear
this
poor
devil
out
of
the
country
,
and
do
n't
bother
sending
more
of
that
sort
.
I
had
rather
be
alone
than
have
the
kind
of
men
you
can
dispose
of
with
me
.
"
It
was
more
than
a
year
ago
.
Can
you
imagine
such
impudence
!
'
'
Anything
since
then
?
'
asked
the
other
hoarsely
.
'
Ivory
,
'
jerked
the
nephew
;
'
lots
of
it
--
prime
sort
--
lots
--
most
annoying
,
from
him
.
'
'
And
with
that
?
'
questioned
the
heavy
rumble
.
'
Invoice
,
'
was
the
reply
fired
out
,
so
to
speak
.
Then
silence
.
They
had
been
talking
about
Kurtz
.
"
I
was
broad
awake
by
this
time
,
but
,
lying
perfectly
at
ease
,
remained
still
,
having
no
inducement
to
change
my
position
.
'
How
did
that
ivory
come
all
this
way
?
'
growled
the
elder
man
,
who
seemed
very
vexed
.
The
other
explained
that
it
had
come
with
a
fleet
of
canoes
in
charge
of
an
English
half-caste
clerk
Kurtz
had
with
him
;
that
Kurtz
had
apparently
intended
to
return
himself
,
the
station
being
by
that
time
bare
of
goods
and
stores
,
but
after
coming
three
hundred
miles
,
had
suddenly
decided
to
go
back
,
which
he
started
to
do
alone
in
a
small
dugout
with
four
paddlers
,
leaving
the
half-caste
to
continue
down
the
river
with
the
ivory
.
The
two
fellows
there
seemed
astounded
at
anybody
attempting
such
a
thing
.
They
were
at
a
loss
for
an
adequate
motive
.
As
to
me
,
I
seemed
to
see
Kurtz
for
the
first
time
.
It
was
a
distinct
glimpse
:
the
dugout
,
four
paddling
savages
,
and
the
lone
white
man
turning
his
back
suddenly
on
the
headquarters
,
yon
relief
,
on
thoughts
of
home
--
perhaps
;
setting
his
face
towards
the
depths
of
the
wilderness
,
towards
his
empty
and
desolate
station
.
I
did
not
know
the
motive
.
Perhaps
he
was
just
simply
a
fine
fellow
who
stuck
to
his
work
for
its
own
sake
.
His
name
,
you
understand
,
had
not
been
pronounced
once
.
He
was
'
that
man
.
'
The
half-caste
,
who
,
as
far
as
I
could
see
,
had
conducted
a
difficult
trip
with
great
prudence
and
pluck
,
was
invariably
alluded
to
as
'
that
scoundrel
.
'
The
'
scoundrel
'
had
reported
that
the
'
man
'
had
been
very
ill
--
had
recovered
imperfectly
...
The
two
below
me
moved
away
then
a
few
paces
,
and
strolled
back
and
forth
at
some
little
distance
.
I
heard
:
'
Military
post
--
doctor
--
two
hundred
miles
--
quite
alone
now
--
unavoidable
delays
--
nine
months
--
no
news
--
strange
rumours
.
'
They
approached
again
,
just
as
the
manager
was
saying
,
'
No
one
,
as
far
as
I
know
,
unless
a
species
of
wandering
trader
--
a
pestilential
fellow
,
snapping
ivory
from
the
natives
.
'
Who
was
it
they
were
talking
about
now
?
I
gathered
in
snatches
that
this
was
some
man
supposed
to
be
in
Kurtz
's
district
,
and
of
whom
the
manager
did
not
approve
.
'
We
will
not
be
free
from
unfair
competition
till
one
of
these
fellows
is
hanged
for
an
example
,
'
he
said
.
'
Certainly
,
'
grunted
the
other
;
'
get
him
hanged
!
Why
not
?
Anything
--
anything
can
be
done
in
this
country
.
That
's
what
I
say
;
nobody
here
,
you
understand
,
HERE
,
can
endanger
your
position
.
And
why
?
You
stand
the
climate
--
you
outlast
them
all
.
The
danger
is
in
Europe
;
but
there
before
I
left
I
took
care
to
--
'
They
moved
off
and
whispered
,
then
their
voices
rose
again
.
'
The
extraordinary
series
of
delays
is
not
my
fault
.
I
did
my
best
.
'
The
fat
man
sighed
.
'
Very
sad
.
'
'
And
the
pestiferous
absurdity
of
his
talk
,
'
continued
the
other
;
'
he
bothered
me
enough
when
he
was
here
.
"
Each
station
should
be
like
a
beacon
on
the
road
towards
better
things
,
a
centre
for
trade
of
course
,
but
also
for
humanizing
,
improving
,
instructing
.
"
Conceive
you
--
that
ass
!
And
he
wants
to
be
manager
!
No
,
it
's
--
'
Here
he
got
choked
by
excessive
indignation
,
and
I
lifted
my
head
the
least
bit
.
I
was
surprised
to
see
how
near
they
were
--
right
under
me
.
I
could
have
spat
upon
their
hats
.
They
were
looking
on
the
ground
,
absorbed
in
thought
.
The
manager
was
switching
his
leg
with
a
slender
twig
:
his
sagacious
relative
lifted
his
head
.
'
You
have
been
well
since
you
came
out
this
time
?
'
he
asked
.
The
other
gave
a
start
.
'
Who
?
I
?
Oh
!
Like
a
charm
--
like
a
charm
.
But
the
rest
--
oh
,
my
goodness
!
All
sick
.
They
die
so
quick
,
too
,
that
I
have
n't
the
time
to
send
them
out
of
the
country
--
it
's
incredible
!
'
'
Hm
'm
.
Just
so
,
'
grunted
the
uncle
.
'
Ah
!
my
boy
,
trust
to
this
--
I
say
,
trust
to
this
.
'
I
saw
him
extend
his
short
flipper
of
an
arm
for
a
gesture
that
took
in
the
forest
,
the
creek
,
the
mud
,
the
river
--
seemed
to
beckon
with
a
dishonouring
flourish
before
the
sunlit
face
of
the
land
a
treacherous
appeal
to
the
lurking
death
,
to
the
hidden
evil
,
to
the
profound
darkness
of
its
heart
.
It
was
so
startling
that
I
leaped
to
my
feet
and
looked
back
at
the
edge
of
the
forest
,
as
though
I
had
expected
an
answer
of
some
sort
to
that
black
display
of
confidence
.
You
know
the
foolish
notions
that
come
to
one
sometimes
.
The
high
stillness
confronted
these
two
figures
with
its
ominous
patience
,
waiting
for
the
passing
away
of
a
fantastic
invasion
.
