Лорд Джим

Chapter 12

           IhadneverseenthatFrenchmanbefore,andattheendofanhourwehaddonewitheachotherforlife:hedidnotseemparticularlytalkativeeither;hewasaquiet,massivechapinacreaseduniform,sittingdrowsilyoveratumblerhalffullofsomedarkliquid.Hisshoulder-strapswereabittarnished,hisclean-shavedcheekswerelargeandsallow;helookedlikeamanwhowouldbegiventotakingsnuffdon’tyouknow?Iwon’tsayhedid;butthehabitwouldhavefittedthatkindofman.ItallbeganbyhishandingmeanumberofHomeNews,whichIdidn’twant,acrossthemarbletable.Isaid“Merci.”Weexchangedafewapparentlyinnocentremarks,andsuddenly,beforeIknewhowithadcomeabout,wewereinthemidstofit,andhewastellingmehowmuchtheyhadbeen“intriguedbythatcorpse.”Itturnedouthehadbeenoneoftheboardingofficers.

           ‘Intheestablishmentwherewesatonecouldgetavarietyofforeigndrinkswhichwerekeptforthevisitingnavalofficers,andhetookasipofthedarkmedical-lookingstuff,whichprobablywasnothingmorenastythancassisal’eau,andglancingwithoneeyeintothetumbler,shookhisheadslightly.“Impossibledecomprendrevousconcevez,”hesaid,withacuriousmixtureofunconcernandthoughtfulness.Icouldveryeasilyconceivehowimpossibleithadbeenforthemtounderstand.NobodyinthegunboatknewenoughEnglishtogetholdofthestoryastoldbytheserang.Therewasagooddealofnoise,too,roundthetwoofficers.“Theycrowdeduponus.

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