Лорд Джим

Chapter 8

           ‘Myfaultofcourse.Onehasnobusinessreallytogetinterested.It’saweaknessofmine.Hiswasofanotherkind.Myweaknessconsistsinnothavingadiscriminatingeyefortheincidental—fortheexternals—noeyeforthehodoftherag-pickerorthefinelinenofthenextman.Nextman—that’sit.Ihavemetsomanymen,’hepursued,withmomentarysadness—‘metthemtoowithacertain—certain—impact,letussay;likethisfellow,forinstance—andineachcaseallIcouldseewasmerelythehumanbeing.Aconfoundeddemocraticqualityofvisionwhichmaybebetterthantotalblindness,buthasbeenofnoadvantagetome,Icanassureyou.Menexpectonetotakeintoaccounttheirfinelinen.ButInevercouldgetupanyenthusiasmaboutthesethings.Oh!it’safailing;it’safailing;andthencomesasoftevening;alotofmentooindolentforwhist—andastory....’

           Hepausedagaintowaitforanencouragingremark,perhaps,butnobodyspoke;onlythehost,asifreluctantlyperformingaduty,murmured—

           ‘Youaresosubtle,Marlow.’

           ‘Who?I?’saidMarlowinalowvoice.‘Ohno!Buthewas;andtryasImayforthesuccessofthisyarn,Iammissinginnumerableshades—theyweresofine,sodifficulttorenderincolourlesswords.Becausehecomplicatedmattersbybeingsosimple,too—thesimplestpoordevil!...ByJove!hewasamazing.

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