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NOVELS
ALMAYER’S FOLLY:
A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER
Qui de nous n’a eu sa terre promise, son jour d’extase et sa fin en exil?—Amiel.
To the memory of T. B.
CHAPTER I.
“Kaspar! Makan!”
The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant realities of the present hour. An unpleasant voice too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an end to all this soon.
He shuffled uneasily, but took no further notice of the call. Leaning with both his elbows on the balustrade of the verandah, he went on looking fixedly at the great river that flowed—indifferent and hurried—before his eyes. He liked to look at it about the time of sunset; perhaps because at that time the sinking sun would spread a glowing gold tinge on the waters of the Pantai, and Almayer’s thoughts were often busy with gold; gold he had failed to secure; gold the others had secured—dishonestly, of course—or