Defeated, Sherif Ali fled the country in ignominy, and the Rajah remained in a state of constant fear for his own fate at the hands of Jim. Here, Marlow sketches for the reader, the story of Jim's wife, whom Jim called Jewel, and remembers a rumor he had encountered on his journey (and only later connected with the woman) about how the mysterious white man in Patusan had acquired a gem of enormous size that was altogether priceless. Jim, it would seem, is infatuated with the woman, and it is told to Marlow how she is treated with great respect and care and with whom.....
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