Reedle Откройте в мобильном приложении
Понятно
Понятно
Для того чтобы воспользоваться закладками, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Отмена
881
'
He
talked
feverishly
;
but
in
the
middle
of
a
word
,
perhaps
,
an
invisible
hand
would
take
him
by
the
throat
,
and
he
would
look
at
me
dumbly
with
an
expression
of
doubt
and
anguish
.
He
seemed
to
fear
that
I
would
get
tired
of
waiting
and
go
away
,
leaving
him
with
his
tale
untold
,
with
his
exultation
unexpressed
.
He
died
during
the
night
,
I
believe
,
but
by
that
time
I
had
nothing
more
to
learn
.
882
'
So
much
as
to
Brown
,
for
the
present
.
883
'
Eight
months
before
this
,
coming
into
Samarang
,
I
went
as
usual
to
see
Stein
.
On
the
garden
side
of
the
house
a
Malay
on
the
verandah
greeted
me
shyly
,
and
I
remembered
that
I
had
seen
him
in
Patusan
,
in
Jim
's
house
,
amongst
other
Bugis
men
who
used
to
come
in
the
evening
to
talk
interminably
over
their
war
reminiscences
and
to
discuss
State
affairs
.
Jim
had
pointed
him
out
to
me
once
as
a
respectable
petty
trader
owning
a
small
seagoing
native
craft
,
who
had
showed
himself
"
one
of
the
best
at
the
taking
of
the
stockade
.
"
I
was
not
very
surprised
to
see
him
,
since
any
Patusan
trader
venturing
as
far
as
Samarang
would
naturally
find
his
way
to
Stein
's
house
.
I
returned
his
greeting
and
passed
on
.
At
the
door
of
Stein
's
room
I
came
upon
another
Malay
in
whom
I
recognised
Tamb
'
Itam
.
Отключить рекламу
884
'
I
asked
him
at
once
what
he
was
doing
there
;
it
occurred
to
me
that
Jim
might
have
come
on
a
visit
.
I
own
I
was
pleased
and
excited
at
the
thought
.
Tamb
'
Itam
looked
as
if
he
did
not
know
what
to
say
.
"
Is
Tuan
Jim
inside
?
"
I
asked
impatiently
.
885
"
No
,
"
he
mumbled
,
hanging
his
head
for
a
moment
,
and
then
with
sudden
earnestness
,
"
He
would
not
fight
.
He
would
not
fight
,
"
he
repeated
twice
.
As
he
seemed
unable
to
say
anything
else
,
I
pushed
him
aside
and
went
in
,
886
'
Stein
,
tall
and
stooping
,
stood
alone
in
the
middle
of
the
room
between
the
rows
of
butterfly
cases
.
"
Ach
!
is
it
you
,
my
friend
?
"
he
said
sadly
,
peering
through
his
glasses
.
A
drab
sack-coat
of
alpaca
hung
,
unbuttoned
,
down
to
his
knees
.
He
had
a
Panama
hat
on
his
head
,
and
there
were
deep
furrows
on
his
pale
cheeks
.
"
What
's
the
matter
now
?
"
I
asked
nervously
.
"
There
's
Tamb
'
Itam
there
...
"
"
Come
and
see
the
girl
.
Come
and
see
the
girl
.
She
is
here
,
"
he
said
,
with
a
half-hearted
show
of
activity
.
I
tried
to
detain
him
,
but
with
gentle
obstinacy
he
would
take
no
notice
of
my
eager
questions
.
"
She
is
here
,
she
is
here
,
"
he
repeated
,
in
great
perturbation
.
"
They
came
here
two
days
ago
.
An
old
man
like
me
,
a
stranger
--
sehen
Sie
--
can
not
do
much
...
Come
this
way
...
Young
hearts
are
unforgiving
...
"
I
could
see
he
was
in
utmost
distress
...
"
The
strength
of
life
in
them
,
the
cruel
strength
of
life
...
"
He
mumbled
,
leading
me
round
the
house
;
I
followed
him
,
lost
in
dismal
and
angry
conjectures
.
At
the
door
of
the
drawing-room
he
barred
my
way
.
"
He
loved
her
very
much
,
"
he
said
interrogatively
,
and
I
only
nodded
,
feeling
so
bitterly
disappointed
that
I
would
not
trust
myself
to
speak
.
"
Very
frightful
,
"
he
murmured
.
"
She
can
'
t
understand
me
.
I
am
only
a
strange
old
man
.
887
Perhaps
you
...
she
knows
you
.
Talk
to
her
.
We
ca
n't
leave
it
like
this
.
Tell
her
to
forgive
him
.
It
was
very
frightful
.
"
"
No
doubt
,
"
I
said
,
exasperated
at
being
in
the
dark
;
"
but
have
you
forgiven
him
?
"
He
looked
at
me
queerly
.
"
You
shall
hear
,
"
he
said
,
and
opening
the
door
,
absolutely
pushed
me
in
.
Отключить рекламу
888
'
You
know
Stein
's
big
house
and
the
two
immense
reception-rooms
,
uninhabited
and
uninhabitable
,
clean
,
full
of
solitude
and
of
shining
things
that
look
as
if
never
beheld
by
the
eye
of
man
?
They
are
cool
on
the
hottest
days
,
and
you
enter
them
as
you
would
a
scrubbed
cave
underground
.
I
passed
through
one
,
and
in
the
other
I
saw
the
girl
sitting
at
the
end
of
a
big
mahogany
table
,
on
which
she
rested
her
head
,
the
face
hidden
in
her
arms
.
The
waxed
floor
reflected
her
dimly
as
though
it
had
been
a
sheet
of
frozen
water
.
The
rattan
screens
were
down
,
and
through
the
strange
greenish
gloom
made
by
the
foliage
of
the
trees
outside
a
strong
wind
blew
in
gusts
,
swaying
the
long
draperies
of
windows
and
doorways
.
Her
white
figure
seemed
shaped
in
snow
;
the
pendent
crystals
of
a
great
chandelier
clicked
above
her
head
like
glittering
icicles
.
She
looked
up
and
watched
my
approach
.
I
was
chilled
as
if
these
vast
apartments
had
been
the
cold
abode
of
despair
.
889
'
She
recognised
me
at
once
,
and
as
soon
as
I
had
stopped
,
looking
down
at
her
:
"
He
has
left
me
,
"
she
said
quietly
;
"
you
always
leave
us
--
for
your
own
ends
.
"
Her
face
was
set
.
All
the
heat
of
life
seemed
withdrawn
within
some
inaccessible
spot
in
her
breast
.
890
"
It
would
have
been
easy
to
die
with
him
,
"
she
went
on
,
and
made
a
slight
weary
gesture
as
if
giving
up
the
incomprehensible
.
"
He
would
not
!
It
was
like
a
blindness
--
and
yet
it
was
I
who
was
speaking
to
him
;
it
was
I
who
stood
before
his
eyes
;
it
was
at
me
that
he
looked
all
the
time
!
Ah
!
you
are
hard
,
treacherous
,
without
truth
,
without
compassion
.
What
makes
you
so
wicked
?
Or
is
it
that
you
are
all
mad
?
"