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His meditation1 which resembled slow drifting into suicide was interrupted by Lingard, who, with a loud “I’ve got you at last!” dropped his hand heavily on Willems’ shoulder. This time it was the old seaman2 himself going out of his way to pick up the uninteresting waif — all that there was left of that sudden and sordid3 shipwreck4. To Willems, the rough, friendly voice was a quick and fleeting5 relief followed by a sharper pang6 of anger and unavailing regret. That voice carried him back to the beginning of his promising7 career, the end of which was very visible now from the jetty where they both stood. He shook himself free from the friendly grasp, saying with ready bitterness —
“It’s all your fault. Give me a push now, do, and send me over. I have been standing8 here waiting for help. You are the man — of all men. You helped at the beginning; you ought to have a hand in the end.”
“I have better use for you than to throw you to the fishes,” said Lingard, seriously, taking Willems by the arm and forcing him gently to walk up the jetty. “I have been buzzing over this town like a bluebottle fly, looking for you high and low. I have heard a lot. I will tell you what, Willems; you are no saint, that’s a fact. And you have not been over-wise either. I am not throwing stones,” he added, hastily, as Willems made an effort to get away, “but I am not going to mince9 matters. Never could! You keep quiet while I talk. Can’t you?”
With a gesture of resignation and a half-stifled groan
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passionately
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generosity
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billiards
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admiration
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