[An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad]@TWC D-Link bookAn Outcast of the Islands CHAPTER TWO 10/24
She has often forgotten me--and my sons are dead, and that man is an infidel and a dog.
Why did he come? Did you show him the way ?" "He found the way himself, O Leader of the brave," said Babalatchi, sadly.
"I only saw a way for their destruction and our own greatness. And if I saw aright, then you shall never suffer from hunger any more. There shall be peace for us, and glory and riches." "And I shall die to-morrow," murmured Omar, bitterly. "Who knows? Those things have been written since the beginning of the world," whispered Babalatchi, thoughtfully. "Do not let him come back," exclaimed Omar. "Neither can he escape his fate," went on Babalatchi.
"He shall come back, and the power of men we always hated, you and I, shall crumble into dust in our hand." Then he added with enthusiasm, "They shall fight amongst themselves and perish both." "And you shall see all this, while, I.
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