Лорд Джим

Chapter 28

           Withhisimposingbulkandhaughtylittleeyesdartingsagacious,inquisitiveglances,heremindedoneirresistiblyofacunningoldelephant;theslowriseandfallofhisvastbreastwentonpowerfulandregular,liketheheaveofacalmsea.Hetoo,asheprotested,hadanunboundedconfidenceinTuanJim’swisdom.Ifhecouldonlyobtainapromise!Onewordwouldbeenough!...Hisbreathingsilences,thelowrumblingsofhisvoice,recalledthelasteffortsofaspentthunderstorm.

           ‘Itriedtoputthesubjectaside.Itwasdifficult,fortherecouldbenoquestionthatJimhadthepower;inhisnewspheretheredidnotseemtobeanythingthatwasnothistoholdortogive.Butthat,Irepeat,wasnothingincomparisonwiththenotion,whichoccurredtome,whileIlistenedwithashowofattention,thatheseemedtohavecomeverynearatlasttomasteringhisfate.Doraminwasanxiousaboutthefutureofthecountry,andIwasstruckbytheturnhegavetotheargument.ThelandremainswhereGodhadputit;butwhitemenhesaidtheycometousandinalittlewhiletheygo.Theygoaway.Thosetheyleavebehinddonotknowwhentolookfortheirreturn.Theygototheirownland,totheirpeople,andsothiswhitemantoowould....Idon’tknowwhatinducedmetocommitmyselfatthispointbyavigorous“No,no.

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