Lord Jim: resumen de Chapter 38

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1. Marlow describes Brown’s history of robbery, cruelty, declining fortunes, and terror of imprisonment.
2. After a Spanish capture, Brown bribes an official, and a devoted Solomon Islander kills two watchmen to help steal another schooner.
3. Brown’s sixteen men escape with weapons but inadequate provisions, then rob vessels while seeking a route toward Madagascar.
4. Seeking supplies and possible plunder, Brown anchors near Batu Kring and takes thirteen companions upriver toward Patusan.
5. A warning reaches the town, and gunfire meets the invaders while boats from Tunku Allang’s stockade block their retreat.
6. Brown’s party withdraws through a creek, fortifies a knoll, and burns surrounding grass, but no expected attack follows that night.

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