Лорд Джим

Chapter 26

           SuchbeingsopentotheWesterneye,sooftenconcernedwithmeresurfaces,thehiddenpossibilitiesofracesandlandsoverwhichhangsthemysteryofunrecordedages.HenotonlytrustedJim,heunderstoodhim,Ifirmlybelieve.Ispeakofhimbecausehehadcaptivatedme.HisifImaysaysohiscausticplacidity,and,atthesametime,hisintelligentsympathywithJim’saspirations,appealedtome.Iseemedtobeholdtheveryoriginoffriendship.IfJimtookthelead,theotherhadcaptivatedhisleader.Infact,Jimtheleaderwasacaptiveineverysense.Theland,thepeople,thefriendship,thelove,werelikethejealousguardiansofhisbody.Everydayaddedalinktothefettersofthatstrangefreedom.Ifeltconvincedofit,asfromdaytodayIlearnedmoreofthestory.

           ‘Thestory!Haven’tIheardthestory?I’vehearditonthemarch,incamp(hemademescourthecountryafterinvisiblegame);I’velistenedtoagoodpartofitononeofthetwinsummits,afterclimbingthelasthundredfeetorsoonmyhandsandknees.Ourescort(wehadvolunteerfollowersfromvillagetovillage)hadcampedmeantimeonabitoflevelgroundhalf-wayuptheslope,andinthestillbreathlesseveningthesmellofwood-smokereachedournostrilsfrombelowwiththepenetratingdelicacyofsomechoicescent.Voicesalsoascended,wonderfulintheirdistinctandimmaterialclearness.Jimsatonthetrunkofafelledtree,andpullingouthispipebegantosmoke.

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