nosed face with black mustaches and little side-whis-

kers. He was extremely dirty. A greasy growth of beard was sprouting on the shaven parts of the cheeks. The thick lips were slightly parted, but the eyes re- mained closed. Decoud, to his immense astonishment, recognized Señor Hirsch, the hide-merchant from Es- meralda. Nostromo, too, had recognized him; and they gazed at each other across that body lying with its naked feet higher than its head in an absurd pre-

tence of sleep, faintness, or death.