Лорд Джим

Chapter 21

           Atapointontheriveraboutfortymilesfromthesea,wherethefirsthousescomeintoview,therecanbeseenrisingabovetheleveloftheforeststhesummitsoftwosteephillsveryclosetogether,andseparatedbywhatlookslikeadeepfissure,thecleavageofsomemightystroke.Asamatteroffact,thevalleybetweenisnothingbutanarrowravine;theappearancefromthesettlementisofoneirregularlyconicalhillsplitintwo,andwiththetwohalvesleaningslightlyapart.Onthethirddayafterthefull,themoon,asseenfromtheopenspaceinfrontofJim’shouse(hehadaveryfinehouseinthenativestylewhenIvisitedhim),roseexactlybehindthesehills,itsdiffusedlightatfirstthrowingthetwomassesintointenselyblackrelief,andthenthenearlyperfectdisc,glowingruddily,appeared,glidingupwardsbetweenthesidesofthechasm,tillitfloatedawayabovethesummits,asifescapingfromayawninggraveingentletriumph.“Wonderfuleffect,”saidJimbymyside.“Worthseeing.Isitnot?”

           ‘Andthisquestionwasputwithanoteofpersonalpridethatmademesmile,asthoughhehadhadahandinregulatingthatuniquespectacle.HehadregulatedsomanythingsinPatusanthingsthatwouldhaveappearedasmuchbeyondhiscontrolasthemotionsofthemoonandthestars.

           ‘Itwasinconceivable.ThatwasthedistinctivequalityofthepartintowhichSteinandIhadtumbledhimunwittingly,withnoothernotionthantogethimoutoftheway;outofhisownway,beitunderstood.

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