Лорд Джим

Chapter 8

           ‘Hestoodonthestarboardsideofthebridge,asfarashecouldgetfromthestrugglefortheboat,whichwentonwiththeagitationofmadnessandthestealthinessofaconspiracy.ThetwoMalayshadmeantimeremainedholdingtothewheel.Justpicturetoyourselvestheactorsinthat,thankGod!unique,episodeofthesea,fourbesidethemselveswithfierceandsecretexertions,andthreelookingonincompleteimmobility,abovetheawningscoveringtheprofoundignoranceofhundredsofhumanbeings,withtheirweariness,withtheirdreams,withtheirhopes,arrested,heldbyaninvisiblehandonthebrinkofannihilation.Forthattheywereso,makesnodoubttome:giventhestateoftheship,thiswasthedeadliestpossibledescriptionofaccidentthatcouldhappen.Thesebeggarsbytheboathadeveryreasontogodistractedwithfunk.Frankly,hadIbeenthere,Iwouldnothavegivenasmuchasacounterfeitfarthingfortheship’schancetokeepabovewatertotheendofeachsuccessivesecond.Andstillshefloated!Thesesleepingpilgrimsweredestinedtoaccomplishtheirwholepilgrimagetothebitternessofsomeotherend.ItwasasiftheOmnipotencewhosemercytheyconfessedhadneededtheirhumbletestimonyonearthforawhilelonger,andhadlookeddowntomakeasign,“Thoushaltnot!”totheocean.Theirescapewouldtroublemeasaprodigiouslyinexplicableevent,didInotknowhowtougholdironcanbeastoughsometimesasthespiritofsomemenwemeetnowandthen,worntoashadowandbreastingtheweightoflife.

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