Лорд Джим

Chapter 22

           Hedid,however,comeinacrazydug-out,sitting(verystillandwithhiskneestogether,forfearofoverturningthething)sittingonatinboxwhichIhadlenthimnursingonhislaparevolveroftheNavypatternpresentedbymeonpartingwhich,throughaninterpositionofProvidence,orthroughsomewrong-headednotion,thatwasjustlikehim,orelsefromsheerinstinctivesagacity,hehaddecidedtocarryunloaded.That’showheascendedthePatusanriver.Nothingcouldhavebeenmoreprosaicandmoreunsafe,moreextravagantlycasual,morelonely.Strange,thisfatalitythatwouldcastthecomplexionofaflightuponallhisacts,ofimpulsiveunreflectingdesertionofajumpintotheunknown.

           ‘Itispreciselythecasualnessofitthatstrikesmemost.NeitherSteinnorIhadaclearconceptionofwhatmightbeontheothersidewhenwe,metaphoricallyspeaking,tookhimupandhovehimoverthewallwithscantceremony.AtthemomentImerelywishedtoachievehisdisappearance;Steincharacteristicallyenoughhadasentimentalmotive.Hehadanotionofpayingoff(inkind,Isuppose)theolddebthehadneverforgotten.IndeedhehadbeenallhislifeespeciallyfriendlytoanybodyfromtheBritishIsles.

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