Лорд Джим

Chapter 34

           “WhathaveyoudonewithMarlow?”Jimwasasking;andthen,“Gonedown—hashe?FunnyIdidn’tmeethim....Youthere,Marlow?”

           ‘Ididn’tanswer.Iwasn’tgoingin—notyetatanyrate.Ireallycouldn’t.WhilehewascallingmeIwasengagedinmakingmyescapethroughalittlegateleadingoutuponastretchofnewlyclearedground.No;Icouldn’tfacethemyet.Iwalkedhastilywithloweredheadalongatroddenpath.Thegroundrosegently,thefewbigtreeshadbeenfelled,theundergrowthhadbeencutdownandthegrassfired.Hehadamindtotryacoffee-plantationthere.Thebighill,rearingitsdoublesummitcoal-blackintheclearyellowglowoftherisingmoon,seemedtocastitsshadowuponthegroundpreparedforthatexperiment.Hewasgoingtotryeversomanyexperiments;Ihadadmiredhisenergy,hisenterprise,andhisshrewdness.Nothingonearthseemedlessrealnowthanhisplans,hisenergy,andhisenthusiasm;andraisingmyeyes,Isawpartofthemoonglitteringthroughthebushesatthebottomofthechasm.Foramomentitlookedasthoughthesmoothdisc,fallingfromitsplaceintheskyupontheearth,hadrolledtothebottomofthatprecipice:itsascendingmovementwaslikealeisurelyrebound;itdisengageditselffromthetangleoftwigs;thebarecontortedlimbofsometree,growingontheslope,madeablackcrackrightacrossitsface.

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