200.Chapter Eighteen（1）

thedoorwasajar；theyentered。***「john！」

fromthebathroomcameanunpleasantandcharacteristicsound。

「isthereanythingthematter？」helmholtzcalled。

therewasnoanswer。theunpleasantsoundwasrepeated，twice；therewassilence。

then，withaclickthebathroomdooropenedand，verypale，thesavageemerged。「isay，」helmholtzexclaimedsolicitously，「youdolookill，john！」「didyoueatsomethingthatdidn』tagreewithyou？」askedbernard。

thesavagenodded。「iatecivilization。」

「what？」

「itpoisonedme；iwasdefiled。andthen，」headded，inalowertone，「iatemyownwickedness。」

「yes，butwhatexactly？…imean，justnowyouwere…」

「nowiampurified，」saidthesavage。「idranksomemustardandwarmwater。」

theothersstaredathiminastonishment。「doyoumeantosaythatyouweredoingitonpurpose？」askedbernard。

「that』showtheindiansalwayspurifythemselves。」hesatdownand，sighing，passedhishandacrosshisforehead。「ishallrestforafewminutes，」hesaid。「i』mrathertired。」

「well，i』mnotsurprised，」saidhelmholtz。afterasilence，「we』vecometosaygood-bye，」hewentoninanothertone。「we』reoffto-morrowmorning。」

「yes，we』reoffto-morrow，」saidbernardonwhosefacethesavageremarkedanewexpressionofdeterminedresignation。「andbytheway，john，」hecontinued，leaningforwardinhischairandlayingahandonthesavage』sknee，「iwanttosayhowsorryiamabouteverythingthathappenedyesterday。」heblushed。「howashamed，」hewenton，inspiteoftheunsteadinessofhisvoice，「howreally…」