Лорд Джим

Chapter 12

           ‘TheFrenchmanhailed,couldgetnointelligiblereply,andafterascertainingthroughhisbinocularsthatthecrowdondeckdidnotlookplague-stricken,decidedtosendaboat.Twoofficerscameonboard,listenedtotheserang,triedtotalkwiththeArab,couldn’tmakeheadortailofit:butofcoursethenatureoftheemergencywasobviousenough.Theywerealsoverymuchstruckbydiscoveringawhiteman,deadandcurleduppeacefullyonthebridge.“Fortintriguesparcecadavre,”asIwasinformedalongtimeafterbyanelderlyFrenchlieutenantwhomIcameacrossoneafternooninSydney,bythemerestchance,inasortofcafe,andwhorememberedtheaffairperfectly.Indeedthisaffair,Imaynoticeinpassing,hadanextraordinarypowerofdefyingtheshortnessofmemoriesandthelengthoftime:itseemedtolive,withasortofuncannyvitality,inthemindsofmen,onthetipsoftheirtongues.I’vehadthequestionablepleasureofmeetingitoften,yearsafterwards,thousandsofmilesaway,emergingfromtheremotestpossibletalk,comingtothesurfaceofthemostdistantallusions.Hasitnotturnedupto-nightbetweenus?AndIamtheonlyseamanhere.Iamtheonlyonetowhomitisamemory.Andyetithasmadeitswayout!Butiftwomenwho,unknowntoeachother,knewofthisaffairmetaccidentallyonanyspotofthisearth,thethingwouldpopupbetweenthemassureasfate,beforetheyparted.

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