Лорд Джим

Chapter 7

           IthoughtImightjustaswellstandwhereIwasandwait.IdidnotthinkIhadmanyseconds...Suddenlythesteamceasedblowingoff.Thenoise,heremarked,hadbeendistracting,butthesilenceatoncebecameintolerablyoppressive.

           ‘“IthoughtIwouldchokebeforeIgotdrowned,”hesaid.

           ‘Heprotestedhedidnotthinkofsavinghimself.Theonlydistinctthoughtformed,vanishing,andre-forminginhisbrain,was:eighthundredpeopleandsevenboats;eighthundredpeopleandsevenboats.

           ‘“Somebodywasspeakingaloudinsidemyhead,”hesaidalittlewildly.“Eighthundredpeopleandsevenboatsandnotime!Justthinkofit.”Heleanedtowardsmeacrossthelittletable,andItriedtoavoidhisstare.“DoyouthinkIwasafraidofdeath?”heaskedinavoiceveryfierceandlow.Hebroughtdownhisopenhandwithabangthatmadethecoffee-cupsdance.“IamreadytoswearIwasnotIwasnot....ByGodno!”Hehitchedhimselfuprightandcrossedhisarms;hischinfellonhisbreast.

           ‘Thesoftclashesofcrockeryreachedusfaintlythroughthehighwindows.Therewasaburstofvoices,andseveralmencameoutinhighgood-humourintothegallery.TheywereexchangingjocularreminiscencesofthedonkeysinCairo.Apaleanxiousyouthsteppingsoftlyonlonglegswasbeingchaffedbyastruttingandrubicundglobe-trotterabouthispurchasesinthebazaar.

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