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Updated: June 26, 2025
'In such converse and in gloating over the view of Patusan, which he had determined in his mind should become his prey, Brown whiled away most of the afternoon, his men, meantime, resting. On that day Dain Waris's fleet of canoes stole one by one under the shore farthest from the creek, and went down to close the river against his retreat.
A little procession now streamed swiftly through the doorway and hurried across the open space which led to the friendly jungle, where they hoped to find shelter and hiding. Me Dain went first leading a pony, Buck followed with a second pony, Jim and Jack brought up the rear, their rifles ready for any pursuers who might hit on their trail.
I wouldn't dain a reply; he did it to lower my emotions about wimmen. But it wuz impossible. So we turned our bodies round and set off north by northwest. Agin Miss Plank mentioned the distance, and agin my Josiah spoke longin'ly of the live stock. And I sez with a calm dignity, "Josiah, you are not a woman."
It wanted an hour of daylight when they came to the mouth of the pass by which they were to escape through the ring of hills which encircled the valley. "Must wait now," said Me Dain. "She say no man can go through the pass unless he can see the way." "Are we to lose time, Me Dain?" said Jack. "Can't we creep on slowly and make a little headway?"
He dropped back and vanished into the gulf without a sound. Jack recovered his bar, and waited with a stern, grim face for the next attack. It was a life and death struggle now, and it was his duty to guard the gap. Mr. Haydon caught up the dah which had flown from the hand of the Kachin, and swung it with a deep guttural sound of satisfaction. Me Dain had his great knife in his hand.
Dain felt uneasy under the unconscious gaze. "What?" said Almayer. "She is crying," murmured Dain, softly. "She is crying! Why?" asked Almayer, indifferently. "I came to ask you. My Ranee smiles when looking at the man she loves. It is the white woman that is crying now. You would know." Almayer shrugged his shoulders and turned away again towards the sea. "Go, Tuan Putih," urged Dain.
He didn'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.
"Are they creeping on us from the back, Me Dain?" "Me think so," replied the Burman, and led Jack to a long, narrow room at the back of the monastery, a room lighted by a large window. Coming from the blackness of the passages, Jack saw the window clearly, a grey patch in the gloom of the walls. He ran across to it and looked out.
Only a few days ago you were selling the powder for their destruction; now you want to give up to them the man that yesterday you called your friend. Oh, Dain," she said, turning towards the motionless but attentive figure in the darkness, "instead of bringing you life I bring you death, for he will betray unless I leave you for ever!"
You have only to choose your attendants, whom the Duke's commands limit to six." "Then," said the King, looking around him, and thinking for a moment "I desire the attendance of Oliver le Dain, of a private of my Life Guard called Balafre, who may be unarmed if you will of Tristan l'Hermite, with two of his people and my right royal and trusty philosopher, Martius Galeotti."
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