Лорд Джим

Chapter 19

           Mostofthepeopletheredidn’thearwhatwassaid,andthosewhohadheardseemedtohavehadallpreciserecollectionscaredoutofthembytheappallingnatureoftheconsequencesthatimmediatelyensued.ItwasveryluckyfortheDanethathecouldswim,becausetheroomopenedonaverandahandtheMenamflowedbelowverywideandblack.Aboat-loadofChinamen,bound,aslikelyasnot,onsomethievingexpedition,fishedouttheofficeroftheKingofSiam,andJimturnedupataboutmidnightonboardmyshipwithoutahat.“Everybodyintheroomseemedtoknow,”hesaid,gaspingyetfromthecontest,asitwere.Hewasrathersorry,ongeneralprinciples,forwhathadhappened,thoughinthiscasetherehadbeen,hesaid,“nooption.”Butwhatdismayedhimwastofindthenatureofhisburdenaswellknowntoeverybodyasthoughhehadgoneaboutallthattimecarryingitonhisshoulders.Naturallyafterthishecouldn’tremainintheplace.Hewasuniversallycondemnedforthebrutalviolence,sounbecomingamaninhisdelicateposition;somemaintainedhehadbeendisgracefullydrunkatthetime;otherscriticisedhiswantoftact.EvenSchombergwasverymuchannoyed.“Heisaveryniceyoungman,”hesaidargumentativelytome,“butthelieutenantisafirst-ratefellowtoo.Hedineseverynightatmytabled’hote,youknow.Andthere’sabilliard-cuebroken.Ican’tallowthat.

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