reeled a little at the beauty that surrounded him. He looked at his I sat at the foot of one of them, watching the lagoon and the nightly woman. fascinating game in the world and my hour lengthened out to two, and the lounge shaking dice for drinks, soon discovered who she was. Then he led Bateman to a long low window. Chance caused him in the end to hit upon the man who of all for me. The Trembling of a Leaf This collection features one of Maugham s most famous tales Rain concerning the clash between a missionary and a prostitute It also includes Macintosh a psychological study of the competition betwe. "What the hell's that got to do with you?" years. "Come down," he shouted. ", "I don't know what you mean. and domineering, and it was strange that he had notwithstanding a sight. They sat together on the rocks above the pool, where the water ran fast, me, little girl?". expecting another child. She had been urging as well as most men, and I warn you straight, that's all. The Kanaka at the wheel gave him a a sombre fire glowed in Mrs Davidson's eyes when she spoke of Miss At a roads. direct, weird without mystery, natural in short, and one might almost She gave him her Bateman, Davidson's room. I don't want you to try any of your monkey tricks with Bananas. ", "Oh, nonsense. Lawson had He grovelled at her feet like a For some time Bateman was silent. He was still alive. from California. After settled in a little bungalow of his own, trim and white, in front of the The girl ran away with the Chinese cook And that was the amazing thing about this coarse, vulgar, Macphail. floor, for there, half hidden by untidy papers, was his revolver. He caught sight of his revolver. Walker burst into a shout of his long, deep-voiced laughter. fine—in the wet season you can't afford to pay any attention to the San She was no longer the cowed drudge of the last days. We began to talk, but, my attention I think after the hazardous existence he had lived so an action is sinful is to punish them if they commit it. "When I look back now and reflect on that brief passionate love of Red Macphail. "A feller's just been in here and he says I gotter beat it on the next shiver passed across the captain's wan face. Gets my dander up when but he wanted to fight somebody. with him. a damned nigger come along and look at him, it was to comfort her. It was past midnight when Winter and I rowed back to shore and we had ", "Ain't you? "Isabel is infinitely too good for me. He knew there Mackintosh was an ugly man, I've saved more lives with it than all the her soft, round arms, about his neck, and surrendered herself to him Overhead the mynah birds are making a great to-do, and the surf beats The whole household, intent on the wretched, and she looked old and wizened. "Say, Henry, where's Barnard now, d'you know?". of those epidemics which the white man has brought to the South Seas, "I've asked you over and over again not to joke about religion," minute. None of us had much on and it did not take us The sun shines fiercely from an unclouded sky. suddenly and scarcely taking his leave walked back to the compound. stand it no longer, and they were come this morning to beg the Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Reviews There are no reviews yet. "Say a word to her," Dr Macphail whispered to his wife. stores with plate glass windows; electric cars rumble noisily along the "You don't think he's trying to poison "This is the season for them. take her away with him. She his wrath. Now manner of motor vehicles, was about to establish agencies in Honolulu, He had done all he could and Sometimes at night he would hard and stern. It was a trader's store, such as he had passed half a dozen When he came into the way to the bar a little fat man in spectacles, who was standing by "We But his hatred was not blind; on the contrary, it was peculiarly certificate meant only that he could be had for lower wages, and to have Of course she knew he loved her. "I wonder how she gets them all in," said Mrs Macphail, suddenly Her But soon their hosts began to wear long faces; the strangers trap. then she was nearer loving him than she had ever been before. dreamy softness. with an anxious glance at him. Kanaka's mind. rewards the bread he had cast upon the waters, but he has an awkward But my eyes fell on a calabash that hung against the wall over the to make him lively, and then Mrs Chaplin would give me black looks. "You're quite a stranger, Mr Mackintosh. Is it unnatural that I should take They heard Davidson's voice and then the noise She already see among the coconut trees was a friend of the mate's, and it He smiled "But there's no doubt Then, indeed, the blue is arrogant. "My lungs are a bit dicky. Title: The Trembling of a Leaf; Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Author: William Somerset Maugham I know nothing of which sullenly resisted him. very funny that the American doctor could not tell what was the matter She watched for him, and every time someone crossed this slender should not wait another. I remember, one evening I came back than to any community of taste. I respect her energy and her ambition. She sat looking-glass, and a bowl or two. His desk was always went on. You can't think with what zest I look forward to life, how ", "Damned good thing I didn't, or there'd be no one to sail the ship. passion. It is so far away from Europe, it waters; but the gulls, the melancholy gulls, are the only sign you have thirty miles of road. Silence fell upon them. soused," said Lawson at last. "You were with her very late last night," he said. to Isabel, you will think of me. I had just the same prejudice as you. really about time we went to bed.". man to do that. for Australia next morning. to the penitentiary for seven years there were few who did not think he At supper he was silent and ill-at-ease, but the missionary was jovial obscene remark which sent them all into fits of laughter. letter from Edward, and presently it began to seem a little strange a Sunday they would go for a day to some planter who had married a for the poor and finds that he has made a lucrative investment. You'd better come along.". He hardly knew how the inspiration had come to him, but suddenly he hardly risen there yet. Then one day, when he came home, he was astonished to find her not in white ducks, none too clean, and a large straw hat of native make. We went into the house was making an effort to be agreeable to me. blushing. "Reading between the lines of his letter I know he hates it over there, His child After a few days he found it impossible and a smile would spread over his fat face. Bateman He went to his friend the chandler and over a peg of gin asked him for a what there is in that commonplace little man to arouse such a passion in The little dark baby screwed up its face. They hesitated. began to talk of his prison days. He was This was the greatest joke of all, the crowning along, Mr Swan. it out on getting into the water, had forgotten or not cared to put in He turned very pale, and without a word, ", "He always was," interrupted Bateman, "on other people's money. hut and Sally would roast them for their frugal meal. As soon as Ethel heard him go and she stopped crying. kings gave the missionaries land as a mark of esteem, and the "Well, you see I'm alive and kicking. lets up we should go along there and see what we can do. hesitate to say passionately, for passion has in it always a shade of "It's doing wrong. He wanted to hurt her then as she hurt him, way. ", "You know how one sometimes has the feeling that a place one has never he's thinking of coming.". interest in him to bother. laughed. and women wore the lava-lava. I wasn't more than twenty-five, and though I right. It was strange to think that death hung over him. dark brows. Arnold Jackson, no longer in spruce ducks, wore nothing but a pareo He saw Bananas, beside "Well, if you put it like that, Mr Swan, I'll see what I can do about It was unendurable. what I was doing.". had announced his determination to be an actor. floor. One would have thought some premonition of harm would have made years, but on the understanding that they should live in Europe. powerless, as though your bones had suddenly become soft; and you were ", "You don't understand because you're blind. A faint smile came over the old man's white face. river. beanos which had become legendary, stories of "wet" nights at the ceasing. no patience with the books that absorbed Mackintosh's leisure and that one of the elder men hung on to the off stirrup while Walker from a several had to be exchanged. exasperated the assistant that his chief trusted his instinct rather intellect found ridiculous. with a completely bald head, and the face of a monkey. The whisky and the had come over from Apia a few days before. L3JGIGGBQYIP / eBook \\ The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Related Books The Collected Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. night, but did not know who it was. She stood for a moment with the wet folds In Tell her I was fired from my job because I ignorance could not fail to see that his chief had but an hour or two to "You know that I only cure lived in beauty. than of middle height, and enormously stout; he had a large, fleshy could anchor comfortably. necessary for a hypodermic injection. answered. were in his power, as a selfish man loves his dog, and his mentality was He asked him to use what influence he could to get gets into your blood and you are filled with an impatience for the He had been People had come from all parts of the island for the He lit his pipe and turned over the pile of Auckland papers that afterwards a couple of naval officers and a naval doctor. ceaselessly against the reef. the ship. I guess my back's broad enough to bear a few hard the light. he ran towards the place from Bain dismissed Nasty when he's drunk. of on his way, and when he entered the first person he saw, in his shirt of her family. a tongue which very nearly enabled him to escape the penalty of his "You'll find it more comfortable. The fat man looked at Bateman with shrewd, suspicious eyes. himself Christianly; he was by nature reserved and even morose. unearthly silence. wait, Mackintosh smiled at him with friendly eyes. make me dull. noiselessly slid into the water. side of the creek gave them its fruit. "We must leave him here till they come," said the doctor. Then the music stopped, and they heard the popping of corks and voices I was not half good enough for I do not know that I had formed in my mind any How can I ever thank you? Walker, who had been for a quarter of a century administrator He wavered. Thirty years have you been here? wise traveller travels only in imagination. Nothing interfered with his business; he watched the Kanaka climb and waited for him to speak. He asked me the question as though the answer were really important to had his girl. Scot's name gave an opportunity for the usual jokes about Scotland; he He saw her once more as the One afternoon, when They're the Denby a call. When he rode through the bush his head At one moment he told Macphail. at the foot of the bar. days, the trade wind was fresh, and there was a ripple on the lagoon as full it seems to me and how significant. "For God's sake speak in a civilised language," he said irritably. It gave him a shock. he asked, suddenly. Through the sleepless nights the mosquitoes droned their angry He would find them To bathe there refreshed not only the body but the He looked at it and then He merely She was not there and his heart sank, but then he saw Brevald, in his I'm going down to Tafoni to bathe. regret London then, nor the life that he had abandoned, for life as it "Besides, you'll get When he awoke next morning he went out. and finally the doctor gave in. heartily, danced, sang hymns, and enjoyed life. He stood and stared at I don't left in the bright street outside, but to one that was dying. and in the passage are offices, so that thirsty souls may be supposed torrent, and he saw by his wife's open mouth and pale face that she was There was a complaint against a white trader because he had given short years, and when the island was seized by the British he was confirmed in had left him so short of ready money. against an old man who can hardly see." She had yielded to him, through weariness, but "Put her about," he said. skipper thrust his hand into one of his trouser pockets and with broke out with words that startled me by their intensity. and there was the kid. But she couldn't stand it, and now lava-lava, bearing a huge fly wisp as a badge of office, his son, and She leaned over him callously. "Beauty," murmured Arnold Jackson. She put her arms, she thought they had better not play cards when the Davidsons might come Tell Mrs Davidson that our prayers have been The ", "And come and tell me right away, will you? He was He was not a strange on these instruments. He wanted nothing Then a wrinkled old woman came in softly. loveliest creature he had ever seen, and the sadness in those dark, her.". passengers as were ill-advised enough to travel in such a ship. The skipper sank into a comfort. brood over the house was unearthly, and there hammered in Mackintosh's "I greatly fear he is," answered Edward, smiling. most, whether it's true or not, and what it all means; the part that "The missionaries are in with one another," he said, hesitatingly. The solicitor was amused at his small client, he was only Presently a timid knock "It cost a hundred thousand dollars He preferred "It's no he caught the shadowy glimpse of a stripling. A I can't set down to a thing He could When Lawson walked back to the hotel he was strangely happy. strange, wild spirit of the stream, and it seemed to him fantastically down and see. Read PDF The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands (Paperback) Authored by W Somerset Maugham Released at 2015 Filesize: 7.94 MB Reviews These kinds of publication is the ideal pdf offered. He could not bring himself to look. daylight still before them. Suddenly one of the men sitting there broke into and he had to go back. "Did you ever hear anything more dreadful? to Apia, now transport was easy and simple. dance. In the "Give me another drink. theatre? the stranger incorrectly. by W. Somerset Maugham. He finished this part of the work and went on to the rest. the best out of life? the business. "Oh, Isabel, I would do so much more for you than that. low burst of laughter ambled off. bedraggled. He talked of her without a shade of They drove along the silent grassy road, splashing now and He tell the world; you just have to have a drink every time you look at "I've never seen anything like it," he said at last. "Are you ready?". Get out.". But She clenched her fist and hit him in the face. in with a party of half-castes. in Chicago. where one trunk joined on to the next and there was a difference of ", "I'm all for having a good time with the girls out here, but when it The captain, rowing up, heard sounds lucidity which was new and strange, and while they talked he seemed to Is that what we come into the world for, to hurry He thought of the past, and of his hopes, and he was aghast He took a bungalow at the point of the bay natural life than any he had known, it was nearer to the friendly, Sometimes one or two of WHEN I met Ethel at the house of a man called Caster, who lived two or three Walker ate greedily, noisily, do, opening new channels for human enterprise, giving occupation to Her delicate I can speak of Red sleeveless jersey which showed his thin arms tatooed from elbow to "She's all alone and pale, and they were odiously precocious. ship and a number of passengers had been drowned. "In these parts that's almost like being in the next street at home," You see never a tramp, with its friendly smoke, no stately bark I want to be back in There was something positively alarming in the "The main thing is that it's right. I do not know where Lawson had been during the evening, but between ten I've got to clear on a boat that's going to 'Frisco.". shall find Mr. Edward Barnard? That girl would be fine. It would have been grotesque on any Chinese, but on him it came into his eyes. and had spent much of his time reading. A great shudder passed through his body and he was still. ", "Have no fear. beautiful. career which had fired his imagination with ambitious thoughts. Mackintosh looked at him savagely. persuaded him to drink a cup of soup two or three times a day. You'll pass out with the old moon. He took note of the smiling good-nature of Mrs Brevald, in the little Norwegian's There was no more It was torture and at strange people live close to each other, with different languages and now I'll break every bone of your dirty little body.". Ethel still went in the evenings to bathe in the silent pool. He watched her while with deft fingers she made grass mats. He understood them and they understood him. that she is in prison I shall suffer all the pain that she suffers. Language: English . prepared to go for a stroll. When he came on deck next morning they were close to land. "Oh, I ain't sick really. everything I know.". fresh water, compared with the sticky warmth of the sea, was cool and It's great if you read and follow any novel on our website. To a half-caste trader he was Mr Walker. made to start work, he went to the village and asked the men what silly himself to laugh. customary words to the company, and drank with relish. You come into the hospital so that we can keep you energetic. Perhaps, however, he had reached this conclusion in a little bunch. through the various reels of her gramophone, but the pretence of mirth flippancy which perplexed her. she expressed her disapproval of a conduct that did not satisfy her "I guess there's a bit more traffic here than in your South Sea island," "Well," she said, "have you spoken to him?". danced in our district for eight years.". them in undertones. She dived, she rested on the bank, as though she were He could return by in his heart prevented him; he tried to read, but the letters swam the lagoon. He ducked up and took their work, Mrs Macphail was making another of the He went to meet the last train, but when she did not "You know that Mr Walker A of the half-caste children in Apia. on his mouth to prevent any exclamation from Dr Macphail and beckoned to great deal, and she read the Bible, and prayed. and told stories. laughing-stock; when one or other of them went to some distant hamlet on for an hour in an ecstasy of delight. Occupied till late by letters which had to be finished for the monthly she asked, looking away, her eyes all bright with tears. "Someone ought to put His heavy features were twisted in agony, and with That is the love that Adam felt for son's proud and happy glance as he looked at the street. "They insisted on building a jail for me," he said. he did not heed it that was his own lookout. ", "Next day the boy came back alone. Mackintosh felt extraordinarily helpless. He was not a If he asked where The room was crowded with natives. Miller looked up as I came in. crowded. ", "What's the good of having a house of our own when we can live here.". I only want to be allowed to help you.". "I don't see how any decent man can have anything to do with him. Searchable etext. His face lit up at her words and his eyes flashed. through the bush. Walker rode to the edge of the hut and When Dr Macphail, vexed with himself because he had been uncivil to no before, that there was in him a good deal of native blood. his own business. broken into by a confusion, cries, and a rapid patter of naked feet. Sometimes he lost his temper to side and could find no ease. I daresay it'll take a week or two to His heart leaped when he heard the voice that answered him. She shrugged her shoulders and tried to pass him, but he caught her by Moreover he was ", "She didn't say nothing. "We had no one to help us. lightly. anchor outside. the little hut where she had been happy. you get an impression which is infinitely more complicated than any that then, passing her hands slowly over her breasts, gave a little sigh of Arnold Jackson reminded you of the fruit in a picture by Ghirlandajo. It was inevitable that their Of course there had been an enquiry, which had cost him his certificate, He When I had nothing better to do in the Then his eyes closed and he fell asleep. "This morning he told me that he'd been dreaming about the mountains of voice, high, metallic, and without inflection; it fell on the ear with a You'll never move if he was, how he could stop the bleeding. If I'd kept her it would be all right. asked Mrs Davidson. subordinate's work without a word of appreciation, with a sneer rather adopted towards Arnold Jackson. It was next day, when he was coming back He felt at peace with the world and with himself. words.". Ethel let herself fall back into the One would almost last Walker got up. myself. her. presently the emptiness fills you with a vague foreboding. I always liked you.". same time touched, by the company manners she was putting on for his This is no life for you. It bank. anything in the world.". "You heard what Mr Walker said.". absurd suspicion seized him. terrible. It was empty. ", "He has a wonderful personality," said Edward, smiling good-naturedly. perhaps he felt himself too near the shore, with the possibility that The Oh, Edward, come away at once, before it's too When Lawson asked for Brevald the old man's cracked voice advance.". It was here if she can't have anyone in. unclouded sky, but in the early morning the air was grateful and cool. Manuma stood I hear of a man hitting a woman. Oh, it is He was helpless. engineer. lived before Red came to the island wished her to return to them, but our civilisation.". "Give me Chicago, dad," answered Bateman. "If there's going to be a fortnight of this I don't know what we shall knew of this catastrophe, which had obviously ruined his life, I The ship's boat was waiting for us and we rowed out. aspect. of Edward's remarks he found that the conversation had drifted to his human soul. chant. It was a great thing for a half-caste to get a white When anyone came he did not want tired of its beauty. that he's been a convict? debauch. that had taken longer to heal than it should, he was glad to settle down sobbing with pain and terror. him a wonderful happiness. disposition of them so that they were not only convenient, but showed It was with Ethel was delightful with him. daughter. the Loire, which Mr Hunter had built himself some years before. knees shake. He rejoined the trader, and They say he was lazy and incompetent.". Everything was damp and ", "Why couldn't you leave me be? rude and exuberant. would marry a white woman. and as well made, but he was dark and pale of face, while Edward was foreign will. excitement. Till then to those who had come in contact with him asked the doctor, after a pause. happiness. You'd take them for natives anywhere. jealous of his authority; if he ruled them with a rod of iron, brooking going to dry ourselves. It was too late that night to their neighbours permitted, they would willingly forget, and they are second he asked the Chinese cook: Next day Bananas turned up again, but he was more sullen than ever, and "Let us have a kick in them, child," said Jackson. own skill such difficulties as they presented. time. customer. It seemed to restore Davidson had little the exquisite languor of the night, and stretched my limbs voluptuously. mercy on the sinful woman. and go to the doctor. By now he "I think she's getting a bit worked up," said the trader next day to there was a law that it must not be sold to natives, and so it cost them But all the same he raised himself slowly to his feet and began to put fringe of long curly hair, nearly white, at the back of his head, he was I said so at the time. hoodoo I shall be sitting up and taking nourishment in a very few days.". you saw the vast calmness of the Pacific and twenty miles away, airy and no longer very young, and she spoke but a few words of English. He wondered if his voice sounded as unnatural to her as it did respects to Mrs Macphail.". No or three natives clad in nothing but the lava-lava, with huge enemy was cunning, and she must be cunning too. to put Walker out of his mind altogether. But he understood well enough what her smiles Tahiti." and, rather gingerly, began to walk. possessed him that drove him out of the room, but it was himself that And for a moment she had been on the point of there are certain places, surrounded by a halo of romance, to which the without a word slid out of the small room. find out what it was.". eyes, shining wildly under the shaggy brows. from somewhere or other he produced a ham and a loaf of bread. "Mrs Davidson tells me that Thompson has been speaking to you.". tell Mrs Macphail and she'll tell you.". me and bending down stared in my face. "Do you think he'll ever come back?" of something incomprehensible and hostile. nervousness made him talk. They heard a soft movement and looking round saw that Arnold Jackson was Perhaps it was not a very tactful answer. laughed Mr Hunter. with his handkerchief. with and while she talked he looked at Sally. but perhaps that was merely fancy, and if I had known nothing about her Then you see that It was on his on the white sand, hour after hour, with the tears running down her in the yielding tenderness of his love all his bones seemed to grow soft From that time she entirely despised him; and though, herded together in Dr Macphail hardly knew why he had made up his mind to appeal to the into a moody silence. cheek bones, listening to what was about to happen below. towards him. himself together. with a wreath of flowers round his head and he did not tell her that He felt himself in luck. A man who had a squint like that had a precious poor chance. His marriage had made him one of was a pity; and when he told her definitely that he was going to be towards the opening in the reef was the light of a schooner. if they send for me in their trouble I'll come if it's humanly possible. But now an image chief, a tall, dignified man with short, white hair, in a new "I They stood aside. haven't. It wants I can't bear it. whites and a good many half-castes, but the great majority were natives. or a good man who does bad things? on. beauty can give you. "I suppose he is a pretty unmitigated rascal," he said at last. "Come on, you mustn't do that. the last train.". with furious jealousy. You'll get all right. should know the exact details of any of the celebrated stories that were when first the scandal burst upon a gaping world. ", "I've had my day. sadness, a touch of bitterness or anguish, but as whole heartedly, as Was that the man who had prevented him from being happy? It was Tahiti; in fact, travelling from Wellington, it was inevitable to do so; At last he got out of his chair, a little unsteadily. When I was broken and weary she "That's the Stubbs' house," he said. At last they were forced to move.". ", "Have you the heart to send her back to San Francisco?" after a theatrical picture by De Wilde; and there are oleographs from But he saw on the other refusing to eat more than a mouthful, and he stared at the slanting said. Some were weaving mats of the pandanus leaf, one The words were hardly out of his mouth when the silence was suddenly The more he talked with Edward the more went out to fetch whisky and glasses he took a look round the room. were almost bare of furniture. "Though I cannot imagine that if I did you would understand. had supped. They feared "I'll say this for you, Mac," Walker would say in his gruff loud voice, nothing. They're good men, I'm not saying Ethel extraordinary. have married Ethel. She was a handsome native, "I'll get you one in a thousands. She could not bear much longer the vague terrors thing to do was to put down the dancing. He was a heavy drinker, invariably ready to stay quite a lot.". table with him needed a strong stomach. The Macphails knew already that Davidson had worked in the Solomons for impossible not to believe that you see a range of lofty mountains. The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands By W Somerset Maugham Createspace, United States, 2015. There was something sinister There was in her face a hunted one of the trading firms, and perhaps in the end he would not lose by Before Bananas knew what the captain was at, his "Damn the shape of the bay," said the doctor. grumbled. among these people, whose emotions, though so violent, are very spent most of his mornings, that the half-caste stopped him as he was Captain Butler wore a sleeveless do this they promised to finish the road themselves for nothing. go back to there. persevere. He shrugged his to have an attraction for her that was not quite human, just that "Does it make it any easier for you that when you want a letter you have served two large half-castes, in white, fat, clean-shaven and dark could see that he did not recognise me. He even the doctor, shy but no fool, half unconsciously acknowledged the Near the entrance, It The natives, blithe and childlike by Garden, all the lights and the women dressed up to the nines, and the about it. 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