Лорд Джим

Chapter 12

           Therewasacircleroundthatdeadman(autourdecemort),”hedescribed.“Onehadtoattendtothemostpressing.ThesepeoplewerebeginningtoagitatethemselvesParbleu!Amoblikethatdon’tyousee?”heinterjectedwithphilosophicindulgence.Astothebulkhead,hehadadvisedhiscommanderthatthesafestthingwastoleaveitalone,itwassovillainoustolookat.Theygottwohawsersonboardpromptly(entoutehale)andtookthePatnaintowsternforemostatthatwhich,underthecircumstances,wasnotsofoolish,sincetherudderwastoomuchoutofthewatertobeofanygreatuseforsteering,andthismanoeuvreeasedthestrainonthebulkhead,whosestate,heexpoundedwithstolidglibness,demandedthegreatestcare(exigeaitlesplusgrandsmenagements).Icouldnothelpthinkingthatmynewacquaintancemusthavehadavoiceinmostofthesearrangements:helookedareliableofficer,nolongerveryactive,andhewasseamanliketoo,inaway,thoughashesatthere,withhisthickfingersclaspedlightlyonhisstomach,heremindedyouofoneofthosesnuffy,quietvillagepriests,intowhoseearsarepouredthesins,thesufferings,theremorseofpeasantgenerations,onwhosefacestheplacidandsimpleexpressionislikeaveilthrownoverthemysteryofpainanddistress.Heoughttohavehadathreadbareblacksoutanebuttonedsmoothlyuptohisamplechin,insteadofafrock-coatwithshoulder-strapsandbrassbuttons.

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