Лорд Джим

Chapter 20

           Therewerethings,hesaidmournfully,thatperhapscouldneverbetold,onlyhehadlivedsomuchalonethatsometimesheforgot—heforgot.Thelighthaddestroyedtheassurancewhichhadinspiredhiminthedistantshadows.Hesatdownand,withbothelbowsonthedesk,rubbedhisforehead.“Andyetitistrue—itistrue.Inthedestructiveelementimmerse.”...Hespokeinasubduedtone,withoutlookingatme,onehandoneachsideofhisface.“Thatwastheway.Tofollowthedream,andagaintofollowthedream—andso—ewig—usqueadfinem....”Thewhisperofhisconvictionseemedtoopenbeforemeavastanduncertainexpanse,asofacrepuscularhorizononaplainatdawn—orwasit,perchance,atthecomingofthenight?Onehadnotthecouragetodecide;butitwasacharminganddeceptivelight,throwingtheimpalpablepoesyofitsdimnessoverpitfalls—overgraves.Hislifehadbeguninsacrifice,inenthusiasmforgenerousideas;hehadtravelledveryfar,onvariousways,onstrangepaths,andwhateverhefollowedithadbeenwithoutfaltering,andthereforewithoutshameandwithoutregret.Insofarhewasright.Thatwastheway,nodoubt.Yetforallthat,thegreatplainonwhichmenwanderamongstgravesandpitfallsremainedverydesolateundertheimpalpablepoesyofitscrepuscularlight,overshadowedinthecentre,circledwithabrightedgeasifsurroundedbyanabyssfullofflames.WhenatlastIbrokethesilenceitwastoexpresstheopinionthatnoonecouldbemoreromanticthanhimself.

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