Лорд Джим

Chapter 3

           Jimstarted,andhisanswerwasfullofdeference;buttheodiousandfleshyfigure,asthoughseenforthefirsttimeinarevealingmoment,fixeditselfinhismemoryforeverastheincarnationofeverythingvileandbasethatlurksintheworldwelove:inourownheartswetrustforoursalvation,inthementhatsurroundus,inthesightsthatfilloureyes,inthesoundsthatfillourears,andintheairthatfillsourlungs.

           Thethingoldshavingofthemoonfloatingslowlydownwardshadlostitselfonthedarkenedsurfaceofthewaters,andtheeternitybeyondtheskyseemedtocomedownnearertotheearth,withtheaugmentedglitterofthestars,withthemoreprofoundsombrenessinthelustreofthehalf-transparentdomecoveringtheflatdiscofanopaquesea.Theshipmovedsosmoothlythatheronwardmotionwasimperceptibletothesensesofmen,asthoughshehadbeenacrowdedplanetspeedingthroughthedarkspacesofetherbehindtheswarmofsuns,intheappallingandcalmsolitudesawaitingthebreathoffuturecreations.‘Hotisnonameforitdownbelow,’saidavoice.

           Jimsmiledwithoutlookinground.Theskipperpresentedanunmovedbreadthofback:itwastherenegade’stricktoappearpointedlyunawareofyourexistenceunlessitsuitedhispurposetoturnatyouwithadevouringglarebeforeheletlooseatorrentoffoamy,abusivejargonthatcamelikeagushfromasewer.

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