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...Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Arrow of Gold: A Story between Two Notes is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Arrow of Gold: A Story between Two Notes, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad FIRST NOTE THE PAGES WHICH ... ...ration of this adventure which took about twelve months to 4 The Arrow of Gold develop. In the form in which it is presented here it has been pruned ... ...e of the great power of mere individuality over the young. 6 The Arrow of Gold PART ONE CHAPTER I CERTAIN STREETS HAVE an atmosphere of their own, a ... ...stumes), but amongst them there was a girl in a black dress sewn over with gold half moons, very high in the neck and very short in the skirt. Most of... ...h of white teeth in his dark, lean face. The other man was 8 The Arrow of Gold very different; fair, with smooth, ruddy cheeks and burly shoul- ders.... ...lence. As to Mills, he was perfectly insular. There could 10 The Arrow of Gold be no doubt about him. They were both smiling faintly at me. The burly... ....” I became suddenly extremely delighted with my company. 12 The Arrow of Gold A man who “lived by his sword,” before my eyes, close at my elbow! So ...

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... cit ies, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sy... ...urn sacrifice before him? 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson,... ...the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple,... ... the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid wi... ...And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 6 And he garnished the house w... ...ins. 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the post... ..., the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. 8 And he made the most holy house,... ...its, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he over laid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was f... ...to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 10 And in the most holy...

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... ever had any in these parts, where you might carry ten thousand francs in gold from Croisic to Saint-Nazaire without ever being asked what you had in... ...othes, and what not,—and it so chanced that she had sewed a bit of Spanish gold into her mattress for a nest-egg toward paying off that money. It was ... ...son to write too. I can’t tell you how it was that the villain scented the gold, 17 Balzac stole it, and went off to Croisic to enjoy himself. Pierre... ...ress of the cafe, and said to her:— “‘I told Jacques not to use a piece of gold with which he will pay you; give it back to me, and I’ll give you whit... ...othing. “‘Here,’ said Pierre, ‘is a piece of paper which wrapped a Spanish gold piece. That piece of gold was in your mother’s bed; she alone knew whe... ...anded here to-day. You gave a piece of Spanish 18 A Drama on the Seashore gold this night to Mere Fleurant, and your mother’s piece is no longer in h... ...all this.’ “Jacques said he had not taken his mother’s money, and that the gold piece was one he had brought from Nantes. “‘I am glad of it,’ said Pie... ...aid Pierre; ‘now prove it.’ “‘I had it all along.’ “‘Y ou did not take the gold piece belonging to your mother?’ “‘No.’ “‘Will you swear it on your et... ...point! Will you swear?’ “‘Yes.’ “‘Then,’ Pierre said, ‘was there upon your gold piece the little cross which the sardine merchant who paid it to me sc...

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...s week’s work. He glanced in the glass saucer in which he kept his sponge- gold, and noticing that he had used up all his pellets, set about making so... ...f 14 McTeague the incisors. Miss Baker had decided to have it filled with gold. McT eague remembered now that it was what is called a “proximate case... ...ate case,” where there is not sufficient room to fill with large pieces of gold. He told himself that he should have to use “mats” in the filling. He ... ... filling. He made some dozen of these “mats” from his tape of non-cohesive gold, cutting it transversely into small pieces that could be inserted edge... ... packing. After he had made his “mats” he continued with the other kind of gold fillings, such as he would have occasion to use during the week; “bloc... ...ly crazy, but I don’t know, she’s queer. Y’ought to hear her go on about a gold dinner service she says her folks used to own. Ask her what her name i... ...nt always have to work for your living, though, did you, when you ate offa gold dishes?” Maria didn’t an- swer, except by putting her chin in the air ... ... this answer. It was not always she would talk about the famous service of gold plate, but a question as to her name never failed to elicit the same s... ...hite caries on the lateral surface of an incisor. McT eague filled it with gold, enlarg- ing the cavity with hard-bits and hoe-excavators, and burring...

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...in those days when assignats were reach- ing their lowest depreciation and gold was worth far more than silver. The two young surgeons, about twenty y... ...rs, for, between ourselves, I have a 15 Balzac hundred thousand francs in gold and diamonds in my va- lise.” The friendly caution with which this imp... ... pillow. “We shall both sleep on our fortune,” said Prosper, “you, on your gold; I, on my instruments. It remains to be seen whether my instruments wi... ...ments. It remains to be seen whether my instruments will ever bring me the gold you have now acquired.” “You may hope so,” said the merchant. “Work an... ...oretically. While fancying the death of the merchant he saw distinctly the gold and the diamonds. His eyes were dazzled by them. 16 The Red Inn His h... .... Deliberation was, undoubtedly, already crime. Fascinated by that mass of gold he intoxicated him- self morally by murderous arguments. He asked hims... ...at of that man, throw the body into the Rhine, and escape with the valise; gold would buy the boatman and he could reach the Austrians. He went so far... ... said to me, not have slept, but have watched untempted beside millions of gold. At the moment when his virtue rose proudly and vigorously from the st... ...ch, then to the forest. I made many trips, they said, no doubt to bury the gold and diamonds. The valise had not been found. My remorse still held me ...

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...ed—” “One hundred thousand francs,” said Magus, “and a quiet girl, full of golden tones, as you call ‘em, like a Titian.” “What class of people are th... ...essed Fougeres’ hand. “You are a fine fellow,” he said; “you’ve a heart of gold, and I must not deceive you. Listen; you are fulfilling all the prom- ... ...u die by inches; copy, imitate, and you’ll live. After this discovery of a gold mine, Grassou de Fougeres obtained his benefit of 13 Balzac the fatal... ...ently thought him a demigod. This visible admiration pleased Fougeres. The golden calf threw upon the family its fantastic reflections. “You must earn... ...en who passed him. He made a series of the oddest rea- sonings to himself: gold was the handsomest of metals; a tawny yellow represented gold; the Rom... ...compliments. The honest artist, that atro- cious mediocrity, that heart of gold, that loyal soul, that stu- pid draughtsman, that worthy fellow, decor... ...ificently framed, each bore labels on which was read in black letters on a gold ground: Rubens Dance of fauns and nymphs Rembrandt Interior of a disse...

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...as or Matapan. Be sure, before that pirate’s old, He will have made a pot of gold, And will retire from all his labours And be respected by his neighb... ...ded and ringed, and big, and brown, I sit and toss the stingo down. Hear the gold jingle in my bag - All won beneath the Jolly Flag!’ Ben moralised an... ...e perilous seas I still avoided And stuck to land whate’er betided. I had no gold, no marble quarry, I was a poor apothecary, Yet here I stand, at thi...

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...Excerpt: Some envious being may think on seeing this page illustrated by one of the most illustrious of Sarmatian names, that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work with an ancient jewel,--a fancy of the fashions of the day,-- but you and a few others, dear count, will know that I am only seeking to pay my debt to Talent, Memory, and Friendship....

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...one of the most illustrious of Sarmatian names, that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work with an ancient jewel,—a fancy of t... ...ady was kneeling close to the railing on a handsome rug of red velvet with gold tassels, precisely opposite to the seat vacated of the burgher. A sil-... ... believe nothing, to weigh all things, and who, like misers chinking their gold, search out the meaning and the value of human actions. His bodily fra... ...rapidly, with the strength of despair, that the brocaded stuff of silk and gold tore noisily apart, and the sleeve alone remained in the hand of the o... ...arrators of that region—the home of the tale in France—built rooms full of gold and precious tones in the Fleming’s house, not omit- ting to attribute... .... He fell into extreme misanthropy, but, like most misers, his passion for gold, the assimilation, as it were, of that metal with his own substance, b... ... dabbled in alchemy declared that Maitre Cornelius had the power of making gold. Men of science averred that he had found the Universal Panacea. Accor... ...oving up his cap in his hasty way. “Sire, I would willingly pay a thousand gold crowns if I could have a moment’s talk with you; I have found the thie... ...s riding away in company with the grand provost. “Where are those thousand gold crowns?” he called to him. “Ah! sire, you are too great a king! there ...

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...n the dance of the liv- ing! a magnificent salon, with walls of silver and gold, with gleaming chandeliers, and bright with the light of many candles.... ...he exclamation of the card-players at every unexpected coup, the jingle of gold, mingled with music and 4 Sarrasine the murmur of conversation; and t... ...country, perhaps, is V espasian’s maxim more thor- oughly understood. Here gold pieces, even when stained with blood or mud, betray nothing, and repre... ...odern alchemist, the Sicilian had escaped death, and amused himself making gold for his grandchildren. And the Bailli of Ferette declared that he rec-... ...- tude upon that frail machine. He wore a white waistcoat embroidered with gold, in the old style, and his linen was of dazzling whiteness. A shirt- f... ...ettishness of this fantastic apparition was em- phatically asserted by the gold ear-rings which hung at his ears, by the rings containing stones of ma... ...turage, the joy of being able to admire his mistress without obstacle. The golden age of love, during which we enjoy our own sentiments, and in which ... ...ord, a gift from Bouchardon, the bow-knot Clotilde gave him, his coat with gold braid, his waistcoat of cloth of silver, his gold snuff-box, his valu-...

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...o great Antiochus. ANTIOCHUS: Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touch’d; For death like dragons here af... ...aithfulness we will advance you. Thaliard, behold, here’s poison, and here’s gold; We hate the prince of Tyre, and thou must kill him: It fits thee no... ...asses over .] THAISA: The fifth, an hand environed with clouds, Holding out gold that’s by the touchstone tried; The motto thus, ‘Sic spectanda fides... ...dship, having Rich tire about you, should at these early hours Shake off the golden slumber of repose. ’Tis most strange, Nature should be so conversa... ...ous heavy. Wrench it open straight: If the sea’s stomach be o’ercharged with gold, ’Tis a good constraint of fortune it belches upon us. Second Gentle... ...venly jewels Which Pericles hath lost, Begin to part their fringes of bright gold; The diamonds of a most praised water Do appear, to make the world t... ...t we mourn: her monument Is almost finish’d, and her epitaphs In glittering golden characters express A general praise to her, and care in us At whos... ...ore virginal fencing, will you use him kindly? He will line your apron with gold. MARINA: What he will do graciously, I will thankfully receive. LYS... ...d I brought hither a corrupted mind, Thy speech had alter’d it. Hold, here’s gold for thee: Persever in that clear way thou goest, And the gods streng...

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...ring him. So, when she was weary of this, she said, ‘O light of my eyes! O golden crop and adorable man! what hath he done to thee?’ 12 The Shaving o... ...sed in divers fashions, spiced, and coloured, and with herbs, and wines in golden goblets, and slaves in attendance. So Shibli Bagarag ate and drank, ... ...y arrayed, in perfect queenliness, her head bound in a circlet of gems and gold, her figure lustrous with a full robe of flowing crimson silk; and she... ...ull robe of flowing crimson silk; and she wore slippers embroi- dered with golden traceries, and round her waist a girdle flashing with jewels, so tha... ...werful; of the brood of the sacred mountain, that lifteth by day a peak of gold, and by night a point of solitary silver. In her head, upon her forehe... ...departing. The sun was on the heads of the heavy flow- ers, and a flood of gold down the gorges, and a delicate rose hue on the distant peaks and uppe... ...nd of the Chief. Now, the space of pasture was behind them a broad lake of gold and jasper, and they entered a region of hills, heights, and fastnesse... ...his was the country of Bhanavar, and she gazed mournfully on the glades of golden green and the glens of iron blackness, and the wild flowers, wild bl... ...summit of a lofty mountain-rise; below them the sun, shooting a current of gold across leagues of sea. Then he that had spoken with Bhanavar said, ‘A ...

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...mped my swag; and harpooned a whale. I’ve rigged ships, and prospected for gold, and skinned dead bullocks,—and turned my back on more money than the ... ...sed to meet one of them now and again, in the old days, on the edge of the gold country, away north there beyond the Rio Gila. I’ve seen it. A prospec... ...ere again?” she stammered out. He laughed a little. “No. That’s the blamed gold country. It gave me the shivers sometimes to look at it—and we were a ... ...ng, and the fever of it was on them too; and they did not seem to want the gold very much. They would find some rich spot, and then turn their backs o... ...r finds, and there has never been a Gambucino well off. It was not for the gold they cared; it was the wandering about looking for it in the stony cou... ...ard to keep hold of a Gambucino lover, so that he should bring her lots of gold. No fear! Off he went, and she never saw him again.” “What became of h... ... in that stony country of which she had heard, where madmen go looking for gold and spurn the find. Captain Hagberd, inside his dark house, had kept o...

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...y to his train. The traffic swung past the lamplight shone warm on all the golden faces; but Siegmund had already left the city. His face was silver a... ...e was silver and shadows to the moon; the river, in its soft grey, shaking golden sequins among the folds of its shadows, fell open like a garment bef... ...w him. He looked round, and the sea was blue as a periwinkle flower, while gold and white and blood- red sails lit here and there upon the blueness. S... ...red, and solidly alone in the walk of water, amid the silent flight of the golden-and crimson-winged boats. Siegmund watched the bluish bulk of the is... ...to cliff, and far away beyond the cliffs the western sky stood dimmed with gold. The lovers wandered aimlessly over the golf-links to where green moun... ... They faced the lighted chamber of the west, whence, behind the torn, dull-gold curtains of fog, the sun was departing with pomp. Siegmund sat very st... ... music do you think holds the best interpretation of sunset?’ His skin was gold, his real mood was intense. She revered 24 The Trespasser him for a m... ...hands over his eyes. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 THE GOLD MARCH of sunset passed quickly, the ragged cur- tains of mist closed t... ...ce, but, still with his arms on his knees, he stared into the fire. In the golden glow of lamplight she set small bowls of white and lavender sweet-pe...

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...nd- ing with black rings; the overpart of her dress, yellow like burnished gold, very lissome and soft, had the characteristic blotches in the form of... ...e had studied the capricious patterns of all the rosettes which marked the gold of her robe. Mignonne was not even angry when he took hold of the tuft... ...marked her flanks. The profuse light cast down by the sun made this living gold, these russet markings, to burn in a way to give them an indefinable a... ...has a soul,” he said, looking at the stillness of this queen of the sands, golden like them, white like them, soli- tary and burning like them. “WELL,...

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...t there will be minerals,” said Cavor. “For example? “ “Oh! sulphur, ores, gold perhaps, possibly new elements.” “Cost of carriage,” I said. “Y ou kno... ...t Men in the Moon emption. I recalled the old Spanish monopoly in American gold. It wasn’t as though it was just this planet or that—it was all of the... ... something that struck me even then. “Cavor,” I said, “these chains are of gold!” He was thinking intently, with his hands gripping his cheeks. He tur... ...ar. I forgot that I had just been asking what business we had in the moon. Gold— It was Cavor who spoke first. “It seems to me that there are two cour... ...t we shan’t get much fun out of that.” “Go on.” “On the other hand, here’s gold knocking about like cast iron at home. If only we can get some of it b... ...enever I recall that time,,there comes into my head the heavy clank of our golden chains that fol- lowed every movement. Very soon my knuckles and kne... ...errestrial join- ery was made of metal, and I believe for the most part of gold, which as a metal would, of course, naturally recom- mend itself—other... ...y things.” “Yes,” he said. “We can take back an earnest of success in this gold.” He looked at my golden crowbars, and said nothing for a space. He st... ... lichens had shrunk away to show them, were all veined and splattered with gold, that here and there bosses of rounded and wrinkled gold pro- jected f...

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...otel (who indeed may clearly be traced throughout). It seems also that the gold cups were chalices, and that a complete set of altar equip- ments fell... ...as nature would permit, and over it he wore a little cocked hat edged with gold lace. He had a rich laced cravat, a double-breasted waistcoat of pale ... ... young man who stood at ease beside her. He was in a magnificent green and gold livery suit, his hair pow- dered, and fastened in a queue, the whitene... ...etics?’ ‘There will be plenty of eyes there to look at your fine green and gold, for the sake of the Paris cut; though a great lumber- ing fellow like... ...s in even more gorgeous array, and gentlemen in velvet coats, adorned with gold lace, cravats of exquisite fabric, and diamond shoe buckles. Phelim Bu... ...late, in a huge chest stowed under the seat, a portrait of Philip V., in a gold frame set with diamonds, being in- cluded among her jewellery—and Lord... ...tress. On the wharf stood a gentleman in a resplendent uniform of blue and gold, whom the children hailed with cries of joy and outstretched arms, as ... ...e, where they immediately snatched away her mantle and cap, pulled off her gold chain and cross, and tore out her earrings with howls of delight. Lant... ...ruggling on, was likewise pounced upon, and be- reft of his fine green and gold livery coat and waistcoat, which, though by no means his best, and sta...

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...sent him their tribute in the shape of furs; hot Africa sifted for him the golden sands of her rivers, and gathered up the ivory tusks of her great el... ..., and make a profit on it. Be the original commodity what it might, it was gold within his grasp. It might be said of him, as of Midas, in the fable, ... ...de, insomuch that whatever was iron or brass in other houses was silver or gold in this; and Mr. Gathergold’s bedchamber, especially, made such a glit... ..., covered over with a wrinkled, yellow skin. Since the melting away of his gold, it had been very generally con ceded that there was no such striking... ... were sitting among the hills, and enrobing himself in a cloud vesture of gold and purple. As he looked, Ernest could hardly believe but that a smile... ...re glorified if they beheld him in his mood of poetic faith. He showed the golden links of the great chain that intertwined them with an angelic kindr... ...nity of a grove of ancient trees, beneath and amid the boughs of which the golden rays were constrained to pass. In another direction was seen the Gre... ...iffused about it. At a distance, but distinctly to be seen, high up in the golden light of the setting sun, appeared the Great Stone Face, with hoary ... ... sordid man!’ exclaimed the poet. ‘ Dost thou desire nothing brighter than gold that thou wouldst trans mute all this ethereal lustre into such dross...

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...e more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel’s wing, no ser... ... tost, This drives them constant to a certain coast. Let pow’r or knowledge, gold or glory , please, Or (oft more strong than all) the love of ease; T... ...he cripple sing, The sot a hero, lunatic a king; The starving chemist in his golden views Supremely blest, the poet in his muse. See some strange comf... ...ves his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite: Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray’r–books are the toys of a... ...e birds of heav’n shall vindicate their grain. Thine the full harvest of the golden year? Part pays, and justly , the deserving steer: The hog, that p... ...ll vocal beings hymn’d their equal God: The shrine with gore unstain’d, with gold undrest, Unbrib’d, unbloody , stood the blameless priest: Heav’n’s ... ... or pleasure, but the good and just? Judges and senates have been bought for gold, Esteem and love were never to be sold. Oh fool! to think God hates ... ... laurels on their brows behold, But stain’d with blood, or ill exchang’d for gold: Then see them broke with toils, or sunk in ease, Or infamous for pl...

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...re nine. In this respect, however, the system was elastic. In summer, that golden period for the coaching business, the rule of depar- ture, rigorous ... ...ttle, she was spirited, she was indefatigable, she was worth her weight in gold. “My wife wouldn’t give her for that fat lazybones of a Rougeot!” crie... .... “A coach like that which runs to Beaumont, hey? Flaming! painted red and gold to make Touchard burst with envy! It takes three horses! I have bought... ...worn the grand cross of the Legion of honor; he also had the orders of the Golden Fleece, of Saint-Andrew of Russia, that of the Prussian Eagle, and n... ...tained the impression of those gorgeous scenes, and nursed the images of a golden time of pleasure in hopes of recovering them. The natural boastfulne... ...car. The young man turned round. What were Oscar’s feelings on beholding a gold chain round his neck, at the end of which no doubt was a gold watch! F... ... fob of his trousers, from which there depended over his ab- domen a heavy gold chain, ending in a bunch of heteroge- neous ornaments, seals, and a wa... ...s gloves, and seemed to wish to dazzle Oscar by twirling with much grace a gold-headed switch cane. Oscar had reached that last quarter of adolescence... ... that of the Prussian Eagle, that of the Annunciation of Sardinia, and the Golden Fleece.” “Beg pardon,” said Mistigris, “are they all in the coucou?”...

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...s will make people speak well of him.” So saying she bound on her glittering golden san dals, imperishable, with which she can fly like the wind over... ...eely about his father. A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hand... ...house, the carver fetched them plates of all manner of meats and set cups of gold by their side, and a man servant brought them wine and poured it out... ...t down into the lofty and spacious store room where his father’s treasure of gold and bronze lay heaped up upon the floor, and where the linen and spa... ...gave them their portions of the inward meats and poured wine for them into a golden cup, handing it to Minerva first, and saluting her at the same tim... ...ps, they were taken by winds and seas to Egypt, where Menelaus gathered much gold and substance among people of an alien speech. Meanwhile Aegisthus h... ... only in charge of the vessel. Some one else will run and fetch Laerceus the goldsmith to gild the horns of the heifer. The rest, stay all of you wher... ...as brought in from the plain, and T elemachus’s crew came from the ship; the goldsmith brought the anvil, hammer, and tongs, with which he worked his ... ...ked his gold, and Minerva herself came to the sacrifice. Nestor gave out the gold, and the smith gilded the horns of the heifer that the goddess might...