I would be obeyed whenever I called him
Jowler knew that I would be obeyed whenever I called him “Sir;” so he ducked his great head under the water, and tugged with his teeth at the object. His back corded up, and his tail grew rigid with the intensity of his labor, but the task was quite beyond him. He could not even stir the mighty mass at which he struggled, but he bit off a little projecting corner, and came to me with it in his mouth. Then he laid his dripping jaws on my lap, and his ears fell back, and his tail hung down with utter sense of failure.
I patted his broad intelligent forehead, and wiped his black eyes with his ears, and took from his lips what he offered to me. Then I saw that his grinders were framed with gold, as if he had been to a dentist regardless of expense, and into my hand he dropped a lump of solid glittering virgin ore. He had not the smallest idea of having done any thing worthy of human applause; and he put out his long red tongue and licked his teeth to get rid of uneatable dross, and gave me a quiet nudge to ask what more I wanted of him.
Chapter 11 Rovers
From Jowler I wanted nothing more. Such matters were too grand for him. He had beaten the dog of Hercules, who had only brought the purple dye — a thing requiring skill and art and taste to give it value. But gold does well without all these, and better in their absence. From handling many little nuggets, and hearkening to Suan Isco’s tales of treachery, theft, and murder done by white men for the sake of this, I knew that here I had found enough to cost the lives of fifty men.
At present, however, I was not possessed with dread so much as I was with joy, and even a secret exultation, at the power placed in my hands. For I was too young to moralize or attempt philosophy. Here I had a knowledge which the wisest of mankind might envy, much as they despise it when they have no chance of getting it. I looked at my father’s grave, in the shadow of the quiet peach-trees, and I could not help crying as I thought that this was come too late for him. Then I called off Jowler, who wished (like a man) to have another tug at it; and home I ran to tell my news, but failing of breath, had time to think.
It was lucky enough that this was so, for there might have been the greatest mischief; and sadly excited as I was, the trouble I had seen so much of came back to my beating heart and told me to be careful. But surely there could be no harm in trusting Suan Isco. However, I looked at her several times, and was not quite so sure about it. She was wonderfully true and faithful, and scarcely seemed to concede to gold its paramount rank and influence. But that might only have been because she had never known the want of it, or had never seen a lump worth stealing, which I was sure that this must be; and the unregenerate state of all who have never been baptized had cheap oakley sunglasses
been impressed on me continually. How could I mistrust a Christian, and place confidence in an Indian?
been impressed on me continually. How could I mistrust a Christian, and place confidence in an Indian?
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"Om du någonsin hotar mig igen kommer du inte att överleva det!"
Luca böjde lätt på huvudet som tecken på att han förstått. I övrigt avslöjade det långsmala ansiktet ingen sinnesrörelse. Lugnt tog han ur innerfickan fram ett platt cigarettetui i silver och tände omsorgsfullt en smal cigarill. Utan att fråga. Genom den öppna rutan blåste han ut en tunn rökslinga och räckte fram sin fortfarande behandskade, högra hand.
"Med tanke på vårt kommande samarbete är det väl lika bra att vi lägger bort titlarna. Jag heter Giulio, men det har väl Conrad redan berättat?" Kåge tvekade men besvarade sedan handslaget.väskor
"Du kan kalla mig Kåge." Han granskade sin nye medhjälpare, Luca gjorde detsamma och nu spelade ett litet leende över de tunna läpparna. Som passade till de lömska ögonen, tänkte Kåge.
Ovanför munnen satt en lång, lätt böjd näsa. Håret var långt, bakåtkammat och kolsvart. Klädseln var proper, för att inte säga snobbig med sidenslips, skräddarsydd kavaj och trots värmen en ljus filtöverrock. Luca såg ut som en italiensk smörsångare, det enda som saknades var en tangorabatt.väska
"Om du någonsin hotar mig igen kommer du inte att överleva det!"
Luca böjde lätt på huvudet som tecken på att han förstått. I övrigt avslöjade det långsmala ansiktet ingen sinnesrörelse. Lugnt tog han ur innerfickan fram ett platt cigarettetui i silver och tände omsorgsfullt en smal cigarill. Utan att fråga. Genom den öppna rutan blåste han ut en tunn rökslinga och räckte fram sin fortfarande behandskade, högra hand.
"Med tanke på vårt kommande samarbete är det väl lika bra att vi lägger bort titlarna. Jag heter Giulio, men det har väl Conrad redan berättat?" Kåge tvekade men besvarade sedan handslaget.väskor
"Du kan kalla mig Kåge." Han granskade sin nye medhjälpare, Luca gjorde detsamma och nu spelade ett litet leende över de tunna läpparna. Som passade till de lömska ögonen, tänkte Kåge.
Ovanför munnen satt en lång, lätt böjd näsa. Håret var långt, bakåtkammat och kolsvart. Klädseln var proper, för att inte säga snobbig med sidenslips, skräddarsydd kavaj och trots värmen en ljus filtöverrock. Luca såg ut som en italiensk smörsångare, det enda som saknades var en tangorabatt.väska