Лорд Джим

Chapter 5

           Thelittlemachineshookandrockedtumultuously,andthecrimsonnapeofthatloweredneck,thesizeofthosestrainingthighs,theimmenseheavingofthatdingy,stripedgreen-and-orangeback,thewholeburrowingeffortofthatgaudyandsordidmass,troubledone’ssenseofprobabilitywithadrollandfearsomeeffect,likeoneofthosegrotesqueanddistinctvisionsthatscareandfascinateoneinafever.Hedisappeared.Ihalfexpectedtherooftosplitintwo,thelittleboxonwheelstoburstopeninthemannerofaripecotton-podbutitonlysankwithaclickofflattenedsprings,andsuddenlyonevenetianblindrattleddown.Hisshouldersreappeared,jammedinthesmallopening;hisheadhungout,distendedandtossinglikeacaptiveballoon,perspiring,furious,spluttering.Hereachedforthegharry-wallahwithviciousflourishesofafistasdumpyandredasalumpofrawmeat.Heroaredathimtobeoff,togoon.Where?IntothePacific,perhaps.Thedriverlashed;theponysnorted,rearedonce,anddartedoffatagallop.Where?ToApia?ToHonolulu?Hehad6000milesoftropicalbelttodisporthimselfin,andIdidnothearthepreciseaddress.Asnortingponysnatchedhiminto“Ewigkeit”inthetwinklingofaneye,andIneversawhimagain;and,what’smore,Idon’tknowofanybodythateverhadaglimpseofhimafterhedepartedfrommyknowledgesittinginsidearamshacklelittlegharrythatfledroundthecornerinawhitesmotherofdust.

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