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They
would
stand
fast
on
their
hill
and
starve
,
or
they
would
try
to
regain
their
boat
and
be
shot
from
ambushes
across
the
creek
,
or
they
would
break
and
fly
into
the
forest
and
perish
singly
there
.
"
He
argued
that
by
the
use
of
proper
stratagems
these
evil-minded
strangers
could
be
destroyed
without
the
risk
of
a
battle
,
and
his
words
had
a
great
weight
,
especially
with
the
Patusan
men
proper
.
What
unsettled
the
minds
of
the
townfolk
was
the
failure
of
the
Rajah
's
boats
to
act
at
the
decisive
moment
.
It
was
the
diplomatic
Kassim
who
represented
the
Rajah
at
the
council
.
He
spoke
very
little
,
listened
smilingly
,
very
friendly
and
impenetrable
.
During
the
sitting
messengers
kept
arriving
every
few
minutes
almost
,
with
reports
of
the
invaders
'
proceedings
.
Wild
and
exaggerated
rumours
were
flying
:
there
was
a
large
ship
at
the
mouth
of
the
river
with
big
guns
and
many
more
men
--
some
white
,
others
with
black
skins
and
of
bloodthirsty
appearance
.
They
were
coming
with
many
more
boats
to
exterminate
every
living
thing
.
A
sense
of
near
,
incomprehensible
danger
affected
the
common
people
.
At
one
moment
there
was
a
panic
in
the
courtyard
amongst
the
women
;
shrieking
;
a
rush
;
children
crying
--
Haji
Saman
went
out
to
quiet
them
.
Then
a
fort
sentry
fired
at
something
moving
on
the
river
,
and
nearly
killed
a
villager
bringing
in
his
women-folk
in
a
canoe
together
with
the
best
of
his
domestic
utensils
and
a
dozen
fowls
.
This
caused
more
confusion
.
Meantime
the
palaver
inside
Jim
's
house
went
on
in
the
presence
of
the
girl
.
Doramin
sat
fierce-faced
,
heavy
,
looking
at
the
speakers
in
turn
,
and
breathing
slow
like
a
bull
.
He
did
n't
speak
till
the
last
,
after
Kassim
had
declared
that
the
Rajah
's
boats
would
be
called
in
because
the
men
were
required
to
defend
his
master
's
stockade
.
Dain
Waris
in
his
father
's
presence
would
offer
no
opinion
,
though
the
girl
entreated
him
in
Jim
's
name
to
speak
out
.
She
offered
him
Jim
's
own
men
in
her
anxiety
to
have
these
intruders
driven
out
at
once
.
He
only
shook
his
head
,
after
a
glance
or
two
at
Doramin
.
Finally
,
when
the
council
broke
up
it
had
been
decided
that
the
houses
nearest
the
creek
should
be
strongly
occupied
to
obtain
the
command
of
the
enemy
's
boat
.
The
boat
itself
was
not
to
be
interfered
with
openly
,
so
that
the
robbers
on
the
hill
should
be
tempted
to
embark
,
when
a
well-directed
fire
would
kill
most
of
them
,
no
doubt
.
To
cut
off
the
escape
of
those
who
might
survive
,
and
to
prevent
more
of
them
coming
up
,
Dain
Waris
was
ordered
by
Doramin
to
take
an
armed
party
of
Bugis
down
the
river
to
a
certain
spot
ten
miles
below
Patusan
,
and
there
form
a
camp
on
the
shore
and
blockade
the
stream
with
the
canoes
.
I
do
n't
believe
for
a
moment
that
Doramin
feared
the
arrival
of
fresh
forces
.
My
opinion
is
that
his
conduct
was
guided
solely
by
his
wish
to
keep
his
son
out
of
harm
's
way
.
To
prevent
a
rush
being
made
into
the
town
the
construction
of
a
stockade
was
to
be
commenced
at
daylight
at
the
end
of
the
street
on
the
left
bank
.
The
old
nakhoda
declared
his
intention
to
command
there
himself
.
A
distribution
of
powder
,
bullets
,
and
percussion-caps
was
made
immediately
under
the
girl
's
supervision
.
Several
messengers
were
to
be
dispatched
in
different
directions
after
Jim
,
whose
exact
whereabouts
were
unknown
.
These
men
started
at
dawn
,
but
before
that
time
Kassim
had
managed
to
open
communications
with
the
besieged
Brown
.
'
That
accomplished
diplomatist
and
confidant
of
the
Rajah
,
on
leaving
the
fort
to
go
back
to
his
master
,
took
into
his
boat
Cornelius
,
whom
he
found
slinking
mutely
amongst
the
people
in
the
courtyard
.
Kassim
had
a
little
plan
of
his
own
and
wanted
him
for
an
interpreter
.
Thus
it
came
about
that
towards
morning
Brown
,
reflecting
upon
the
desperate
nature
of
his
position
,
heard
from
the
marshy
overgrown
hollow
an
amicable
,
quavering
,
strained
voice
crying
--
in
English
--
for
permission
to
come
up
,
under
a
promise
of
personal
safety
and
on
a
very
important
errand
.
He
was
overjoyed
.
If
he
was
spoken
to
he
was
no
longer
a
hunted
wild
beast
.
These
friendly
sounds
took
off
at
once
the
awful
stress
of
vigilant
watchfulness
as
of
so
many
blind
men
not
knowing
whence
the
deathblow
might
come
.
He
pretended
a
great
reluctance
.
The
voice
declared
itself
"
a
white
man
--
a
poor
,
ruined
,
old
man
who
had
been
living
here
for
years
.
"
A
mist
,
wet
and
chilly
,
lay
on
the
slopes
of
the
hill
,
and
after
some
more
shouting
from
one
to
the
other
,
Brown
called
out
,
"
Come
on
,
then
,
but
alone
,
mind
!
"
As
a
matter
of
fact
--
he
told
me
,
writhing
with
rage
at
the
recollection
of
his
helplessness
--
it
made
no
difference
.
They
could
n't
see
more
than
a
few
yards
before
them
,
and
no
treachery
could
make
their
position
worse
.
By-and-by
Cornelius
,
in
his
week-day
attire
of
a
ragged
dirty
shirt
and
pants
,
barefooted
,
with
a
broken-rimmed
pith
hat
on
his
head
,
was
made
out
vaguely
,
sidling
up
to
the
defences
,
hesitating
,
stopping
to
listen
in
a
peering
posture
.
"
Come
along
!
You
are
safe
,
"
yelled
Brown
,
while
his
men
stared
.
All
their
hopes
of
life
became
suddenly
centred
in
that
dilapidated
,
mean
newcomer
,
who
in
profound
silence
clambered
clumsily
over
a
felled
tree-trunk
,
and
shivering
,
with
his
sour
,
mistrustful
face
,
looked
about
at
the
knot
of
bearded
,
anxious
,
sleepless
desperadoes
.
'
Half
an
hour
's
confidential
talk
with
Cornelius
opened
Brown
's
eyes
as
to
the
home
affairs
of
Patusan
.
He
was
on
the
alert
at
once
.
There
were
possibilities
,
immense
possibilities
;
but
before
he
would
talk
over
Cornelius
's
proposals
he
demanded
that
some
food
should
be
sent
up
as
a
guarantee
of
good
faith
.
Cornelius
went
off
,
creeping
sluggishly
down
the
hill
on
the
side
of
the
Rajah
's
palace
,
and
after
some
delay
a
few
of
Tunku
Allang
's
men
came
up
,
bringing
a
scanty
supply
of
rice
,
chillies
,
and
dried
fish
.
This
was
immeasurably
better
than
nothing
.
Later
on
Cornelius
returned
accompanying
Kassim
,
who
stepped
out
with
an
air
of
perfect
good-humoured
trustfulness
,
in
sandals
,
and
muffled
up
from
neck
to
ankles
in
dark-blue
sheeting
.
He
shook
hands
with
Brown
discreetly
,
and
the
three
drew
aside
for
a
conference
.
Brown
's
men
,
recovering
their
confidence
,
were
slapping
each
other
on
the
back
,
and
cast
knowing
glances
at
their
captain
while
they
busied
themselves
with
preparations
for
cooking
.
'
Kassim
disliked
Doramin
and
his
Bugis
very
much
,
but
he
hated
the
new
order
of
things
still
more
.
It
had
occurred
to
him
that
these
whites
,
together
with
the
Rajah
's
followers
,
could
attack
and
defeat
the
Bugis
before
Jim
's
return
.
Then
,
he
reasoned
,
general
defection
of
the
townfolk
was
sure
to
follow
,
and
the
reign
of
the
white
man
who
protected
poor
people
would
be
over
.
Afterwards
the
new
allies
could
be
dealt
with
.
They
would
have
no
friends
.
The
fellow
was
perfectly
able
to
perceive
the
difference
of
character
,
and
had
seen
enough
of
white
men
to
know
that
these
newcomers
were
outcasts
,
men
without
country
.
Brown
preserved
a
stern
and
inscrutable
demeanour
.
When
he
first
heard
Cornelius
's
voice
demanding
admittance
,
it
brought
merely
the
hope
of
a
loophole
for
escape
.
In
less
than
an
hour
other
thoughts
were
seething
in
his
head
.
Urged
by
an
extreme
necessity
,
he
had
come
there
to
steal
food
,
a
few
tons
of
rubber
or
gum
may
be
,
perhaps
a
handful
of
dollars
,
and
had
found
himself
enmeshed
by
deadly
dangers
.
Now
in
consequence
of
these
overtures
from
Kassim
he
began
to
think
of
stealing
the
whole
country
.
Some
confounded
fellow
had
apparently
accomplished
something
of
the
kind
--
single-handed
at
that
.
Could
n't
have
done
it
very
well
though
.
Perhaps
they
could
work
together
--
squeeze
everything
dry
and
then
go
out
quietly
.
In
the
course
of
his
negotiations
with
Kassim
he
became
aware
that
he
was
supposed
to
have
a
big
ship
with
plenty
of
men
outside
.
Kassim
begged
him
earnestly
to
have
this
big
ship
with
his
many
guns
and
men
brought
up
the
river
without
delay
for
the
Rajah
's
service
.
Brown
professed
himself
willing
,
and
on
this
basis
the
negotiation
was
carried
on
with
mutual
distrust
.
Three
times
in
the
course
of
the
morning
the
courteous
and
active
Kassim
went
down
to
consult
the
Rajah
and
came
up
busily
with
his
long
stride
.
Brown
,
while
bargaining
,
had
a
sort
of
grim
enjoyment
in
thinking
of
his
wretched
schooner
,
with
nothing
but
a
heap
of
dirt
in
her
hold
,
that
stood
for
an
armed
ship
,
and
a
Chinaman
and
a
lame
ex-beachcomber
of
Levuka
on
board
,
who
represented
all
his
many
men
.
In
the
afternoon
he
obtained
further
doles
of
food
,
a
promise
of
some
money
,
and
a
supply
of
mats
for
his
men
to
make
shelters
for
themselves
.
They
lay
down
and
snored
,
protected
from
the
burning
sunshine
;
but
Brown
,
sitting
fully
exposed
on
one
of
the
felled
trees
,
feasted
his
eyes
upon
the
view
of
the
town
and
the
river
.
There
was
much
loot
there
.
Cornelius
,
who
had
made
himself
at
home
in
the
camp
,
talked
at
his
elbow
,
pointing
out
the
localities
,
imparting
advice
,
giving
his
own
version
of
Jim
's
character
,
and
commenting
in
his
own
fashion
upon
the
events
of
the
last
three
years
.
Brown
,
who
,
apparently
indifferent
and
gazing
away
,
listened
with
attention
to
every
word
,
could
not
make
out
clearly
what
sort
of
man
this
Jim
could
be
.
"
What
's
his
name
?
Jim
!
Jim
!
That
's
not
enough
for
a
man
's
name
.
"
"
They
call
him
,
"
said
Cornelius
scornfully
,
"
Tuan
Jim
here
.
As
you
may
say
Lord
Jim
.
"
"
What
is
he
?
Where
does
he
come
from
?
"
inquired
Brown
.
"
What
sort
of
man
is
he
?
Is
he
an
Englishman
?
"
"
Yes
,
yes
,
he
's
an
Englishman
.
I
am
an
Englishman
too
.
From
Malacca
.
He
is
a
fool
.
All
you
have
to
do
is
to
kill
him
and
then
you
are
king
here
.
Everything
belongs
to
him
,
"
explained
Cornelius
.
"
It
strikes
me
he
may
be
made
to
share
with
somebody
before
very
long
,
"
commented
Brown
half
aloud
.
"
No
,
no
.
The
proper
way
is
to
kill
him
the
first
chance
you
get
,
and
then
you
can
do
what
you
like
,
"
Cornelius
would
insist
earnestly
.
"
I
have
lived
for
many
years
here
,
and
I
am
giving
you
a
friend
's
advice
.
"
