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Updated: June 26, 2025
"Slow job this," remarked Buck. "Water's tougher stuff than you think to get through. I feel as if I was wading through treacle." "Yes, doesn't it clog your movements," agreed Jack, "but I should think we're a good half-way over." "Deep part got to come yet, sahib," said Me Dain. "We have come through easy part of ford."
"Will you depart without that woman who is my daughter?" said Almayer, addressing Dain, while Babalatchi stamped with impatience, muttering, "Run! Run at once!" "No," answered Dain, steadily, "I will not go; to no man will I abandon this woman." "Then kill me and escape yourself," sobbed out Nina. He clasped her close, looking at her tenderly, and whispered, "We will never part, O Nina!"
"Good place here to make camp," remarked Me Dain, and all agreed heartily with the remark. "I reckon this is your first night march," said Jim to Jack, smilingly. "Yes," said Jack. "It isn't bad fun either." His tall, powerful, young figure was as upright as a dart, his eye bright, his cheek fresh; he could have gone on all day again.
The replenished fire threw out an unsteady circle of light and shone on the terrified face of Nina, who looked at them with outstretched hands. "Dain!" she cried out warningly, "Dain!" He waved his hand towards her in a reassuring gesture, and, turning to Almayer, said with great courtesy "Now we may talk, Tuan. It is easy to send out death, but can your wisdom recall the life?
Watching the rice, sat, or rather squatted, a couple of Shan boatmen, and their boat was moored to a tree at the water's edge. "Hallo!" cried Jack, "these chaps have got a big boat here. Can't we get them to run us and our stuff up the river?" "By George!" said Jim Dent, "there's something in that." "Ask them, Me Dain," called Jack. "Tell them we'll pay them well if they'll carry us up the river."
"We can't cross here, sahibs," put in Me Dain. "Stream too swift, too strong. The bridge is here because the river at this place is very narrow, but about a mile down there is a ford." "We'd better light out for it without losing any more time then," cried Buck. "We might see an ugly row of Kachins any minute now along the brink of the gully behind us." "True for you, Buck," said Jack.
'Besides, my patients! And by dint of blithe obstinacy he managed to get away, and also to cover the retreat of Twemlow. 'I shall call in a day or two, said Arthur to Uncle Meshach as they shook hands. 'Ay! call and see th' old ruin! Meshach replied, and dropping back into his chair, 'Now, Dain! he ordered. David Dain drew a long white envelope from his breast pocket.
They found Me Dain, and set him to hunt in every direction. They found the headman, and he seemed bewildered at the idea that Jack had disappeared. He gave, or seemed to give, them every assistance possible in their search, but within an hour the two comrades were looking at each other very blankly. Jack had gone.
I take it you have that Dain Maroola stowed away safely somewhere. Still we had better get that business over, and then we shall have more drink. Come! don't look at me like this." Almayer was staring with stony eyes, his trembling fingers fumbling about his throat. "Gold," he said with difficulty. "Hem! A hand on the windpipe, you know. Sure you will excuse.
Then some of 'em were left lurking about, and they spied Me Dain coming, didn't see us behind, and thought he was coming to the village alone. Of course they slipped out of the bushes and nabbed him, thinking to whiff off his head and turn the ponies' packs out at their own leisure. But Jack upset their little plan, and Me Dain's head stops in the right spot."
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