Лорд Джим

Chapter 31

           Aconicalraggedheapofoldmatscumberedadistantcorneralmosttotheceiling,andthatwasall.

           ‘Heexplainedtomethathewasbitterlydisappointedatthis.Hisfortitudehadbeentriedbysomanywarnings,hehadbeenforweekssurroundedbysomanyhintsofdanger,thathewantedthereliefofsomereality,ofsomethingtangiblethathecouldmeet.“Itwouldhaveclearedtheairforacoupleofhoursatleast,ifyouknowwhatImean,”hesaidtome.“Jove!Ihadbeenlivingfordayswithastoneonmychest.”Nowatlasthehadthoughthewouldgetholdofsomething,andnothing!Notatrace,notasignofanybody.Hehadraisedhisweaponasthedoorflewopen,butnowhisarmfell.“Fire!Defendyourself,”thegirloutsidecriedinanagonisingvoice.She,beinginthedarkandwithherarmthrustintotheshoulderthroughthesmallhole,couldn’tseewhatwasgoingon,andshedarednotwithdrawthetorchnowtorunround.“There’snobodyhere!”yelledJimcontemptuously,buthisimpulsetoburstintoaresentfulexasperatedlaughdiedwithoutasound:hehadperceivedintheveryactofturningawaythathewasexchangingglanceswithapairofeyesintheheapofmats.Hesawashiftinggleamofwhites.“Comeout!”hecriedinafury,alittledoubtful,andadark-facedhead,aheadwithoutabody,shapeditselfintherubbish,astrangelydetachedhead,thatlookedathimwithasteadyscowl.Nextmomentthewholemoundstirred,andwithalowgruntamanemergedswiftly,andboundedtowardsJim.

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