Лорд Джим

Chapter 8

           ‘Myfaultofcourse.Onehasnobusinessreallytogetinterested.It’saweaknessofmine.Hiswasofanotherkind.Myweaknessconsistsinnothavingadiscriminatingeyefortheincidentalfortheexternalsnoeyeforthehodoftherag-pickerorthefinelinenofthenextman.Nextmanthat’sit.Ihavemetsomanymen,’hepursued,withmomentarysadness‘metthemtoowithacertaincertainimpact,letussay;likethisfellow,forinstanceandineachcaseallIcouldseewasmerelythehumanbeing.Aconfoundeddemocraticqualityofvisionwhichmaybebetterthantotalblindness,buthasbeenofnoadvantagetome,Icanassureyou.Menexpectonetotakeintoaccounttheirfinelinen.ButInevercouldgetupanyenthusiasmaboutthesethings.Oh!it’safailing;it’safailing;andthencomesasoftevening;alotofmentooindolentforwhistandastory....

           Hepausedagaintowaitforanencouragingremark,perhaps,butnobodyspoke;onlythehost,asifreluctantlyperformingaduty,murmured

           ‘Youaresosubtle,Marlow.’

           ‘Who?I?’saidMarlowinalowvoice.‘Ohno!Buthewas;andtryasImayforthesuccessofthisyarn,Iammissinginnumerableshadestheyweresofine,sodifficulttorenderincolourlesswords.Becausehecomplicatedmattersbybeingsosimple,toothesimplestpoordevil!...ByJove!hewasamazing.

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