Quotation from: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"It's like a tile falling on my head. I--I--executive member! It's
the first I hear of it! What do I know of military rifles? _C'est
funambulesque!_" he had exclaimed to his favourite sister; for the Decoud
family--except the old father and mother--used the French language
amongst themselves. "And you should see the explanatory and confidential
letter! Eight pages of it--no less!"


This letter, in Antonia's handwriting, was signed by Don Jose, who
appealed to the "young and gifted Costaguanero" on public grounds, and
privately opened his heart to his talented god-son, a man of wealth
and leisure, with wide relations, and by his parentage and bringing-up
worthy of all confidence.

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