Youfanciedyouhadseenthings——butthesealwason。
Whenannoyedatmeal-timesbytheconstantquarrelsofthewhitemenaboutprecedence，heorderedanim-
menseroundtabletobemade，forwhichaspecialhousehadtobebuilt。Thiswasthestation’smess-room。Wherehesatwasthefirstplace——therestwerenowhere。Onefeltthistobehisunalterableconviction。Hewasneithercivilnoruncivil。Hewasquiet。Heallowedhis’boy’
——anoverfedyoungnegrofromthecoast——totreatthewhitemen，underhisveryeyes，withprovokinginsolence。
\"Hebegantospeakassoonashesawme。Ihadbeenverylongontheroad。Hecouldnotwait。Hadtostartwithoutme。Theup-riverstationshadtoberelieved。Therehadbeensomanydelaysalreadythathedidnotknowwhowasdeadandwhowasalive，andhowtheygoton——andsoon，andsoon。Hepaidnoattentiontomyexplanations，and，playingwithastickofsealing-wax，repeatedseveraltimesthatthesituationwas’verygrave，verygrave。’Therewererumorsthataveryimportantstationwasinjeopardy，anditschief，Mr。Kurtz，wasill。Hopeditwasnottrue。Mr。Kurtzwas……Ifeltwearyandirritable。HangKurtz，I