Лорд Джим

Chapter 2

           ShewasownedbyaChinaman,charteredbyanArab,andcommandedbyasortofrenegadeNewSouthWalesGerman,veryanxioustocursepubliclyhisnativecountry,butwho,apparentlyonthestrengthofBismarck’svictoriouspolicy,brutalisedallthosehewasnotafraidof,andworea‘blood-and-iron’air,’combinedwithapurplenoseandaredmoustache.Aftershehadbeenpaintedoutsideandwhitewashedinside,eighthundredpilgrims(moreorless)weredrivenonboardofherasshelaywithsteamupalongsideawoodenjetty.

           Theystreamedaboardoverthreegangways,theystreamedinurgedbyfaithandthehopeofparadise,theystreamedinwithacontinuoustrampandshuffleofbarefeet,withoutaword,amurmur,oralookback;andwhenclearofconfiningrailsspreadonallsidesoverthedeck,flowedforwardandaft,overfloweddowntheyawninghatchways,filledtheinnerrecessesoftheshiplikewaterfillingacistern,likewaterflowingintocrevicesandcrannies,likewaterrisingsilentlyevenwiththerim.Eighthundredmenandwomenwithfaithandhopes,withaffectionsandmemories,theyhadcollectedthere,comingfromnorthandsouthandfromtheoutskirtsoftheEast,aftertreadingthejunglepaths,descendingtherivers,coastinginprausalongtheshallows,crossinginsmallcanoesfromislandtoisland,passingthroughsuffering,meetingstrangesights,besetbystrangefears,upheldbyonedesire.Theycamefromsolitaryhutsinthewilderness,frompopulouscampongs,fromvillagesbythesea.

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