Лорд Джим

Chapter 8

           Hewasamanofgreatexperience,andhewantedthatwhiteTuantoknowheturnedtowardsBrierly,whodidn’traisehisheadthathehadacquiredaknowledgeofmanythingsbyservingwhitemenontheseaforagreatnumberofyearsand,suddenly,withshakyexcitementhepoureduponourspellboundattentionalotofqueer-soundingnames,namesofdead-and-goneskippers,namesofforgottencountryships,namesoffamiliaranddistortedsound,asifthehandofdumbtimehadbeenatworkonthemforages.Theystoppedhimatlast.Asilencefelluponthecourt,asilencethatremainedunbrokenforatleastaminute,andpassedgentlyintoadeepmurmur.Thisepisodewasthesensationofthesecondday’sproceedingsaffectingalltheaudience,affectingeverybodyexceptJim,whowassittingmoodilyattheendofthefirstbench,andneverlookedupatthisextraordinaryanddamningwitnessthatseemedpossessedofsomemysterioustheoryofdefence.

           ‘Sothesetwolascarsstucktothehelmofthatshipwithoutsteerage-way,wheredeathwouldhavefoundthemifsuchhadbeentheirdestiny.Thewhitesdidnotgivethemhalfaglance,hadprobablyforgottentheirexistence.AssuredlyJimdidnotrememberit.Herememberedhecoulddonothing;hecoulddonothing,nowhewasalone.Therewasnothingtodobuttosinkwiththeship.Nousemakingadisturbanceaboutit.Wasthere?Hewaitedupstanding,withoutasound,stiffenedintheideaofsomesortofheroicdiscretion.

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