Лорд Джим

Chapter 10

           “Theylookedasthoughtheyhadbeenknockingaboutdrunkinguttersforaweek,”hedescribedgraphically;andthenhemutteredsomethingaboutthesunrisebeingofakindthatforetellsacalmday.Youknowthatsailorhabitofreferringtotheweatherineveryconnection.Andonmysidehisfewmumbledwordswereenoughtomakemeseethelowerlimbofthesunclearingthelineofthehorizon,thetrembleofavastripplerunningoverallthevisibleexpanseofthesea,asifthewatershadshuddered,givingbirthtotheglobeoflight,whilethelastpuffofthebreezewouldstirtheairinasighofrelief.

           ‘“Theysatinthesternshouldertoshoulder,withtheskipperinthemiddle,likethreedirtyowls,andstaredatme,”Iheardhimsaywithanintentionofhatethatdistilledacorrosivevirtueintothecommonplacewordslikeadropofpowerfulpoisonfallingintoaglassofwater;butmythoughtsdweltuponthatsunrise.Icouldimagineunderthepellucidemptinessoftheskythesefourmenimprisonedinthesolitudeofthesea,thelonelysun,regardlessofthespeckoflife,ascendingtheclearcurveoftheheavenasiftogazeardentlyfromagreaterheightathisownsplendourreflectedinthestillocean.“Theycalledouttomefromaft,”saidJim,“asthoughwehadbeenchumstogether.Iheardthem.Theywerebeggingmetobesensibleanddropthat‘bloomingpieceofwood.’WhywouldIcarryonso?Theyhadn’tdonemeanyharmhadthey?Therehadbeennoharm....

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