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An Outcast of the Islands

By: Joseph Conrad

...d when he walked out of his house—built of stone, just outside the town of Penang—on his way to his godowns in the port, he had often to snatch his ha... ...ople, he very seldom dwelt for many days together in his splendid house in Penang. Owner of ships, he was often on board one or another of them, trave... ...Isles (formerly of Greenock, but condemned, sold, and registered now as of Penang) waits for its owner, and swings errati- cally at anchor in the curr... ... he begged Abdulla to let him have a pas- sage in the Lord of the Isles to Penang. From there he would go to Mecca. The firing business was al- luded... ... whether he will leave the river alive. At any rate he won’t live to reach Penang. Lakamba took over all his goods, and gave him a draft on Abdulla’s ... ...k over all his goods, and gave him a draft on Abdulla’s house pay- able in Penang. He is bound to die before he gets there. Don’t you see?” He sat sil... ...e is away from white men. But he has hundreds of thousands. Has a house in Penang. Ships. What did he not have when he stole my trade from me! He knoc...

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