Лорд Джим

Chapter 28

           Wehaveheardsomanysuchstories,andthemajorityofusdon’tbelievethemtobestoriesofloveatall.Forthemostpartwelookuponthemasstoriesofopportunities:episodesofpassionatbest,orperhapsonlyofyouthandtemptation,doomedtoforgetfulnessintheend,eveniftheypassthroughtherealityoftendernessandregret.Thisviewmostlyisright,andperhapsinthiscasetoo....YetIdon’tknow.Totellthisstoryisbynomeanssoeasyasitshouldbeweretheordinarystandpointadequate.Apparentlyitisastoryverymuchliketheothers:forme,however,thereisvisibleinitsbackgroundthemelancholyfigureofawoman,theshadowofacruelwisdomburiedinalonelygrave,lookingonwistfully,helplessly,withsealedlips.Thegraveitself,asIcameuponitduringanearlymorningstroll,wasarathershapelessbrownmound,withaninlaidneatborderofwhitelumpsofcoralatthebase,andenclosedwithinacircularfencemadeofsplitsaplings,withthebarklefton.Agarlandofleavesandflowerswaswovenabouttheheadsoftheslenderpostsandtheflowerswerefresh.

           ‘Thus,whethertheshadowisofmyimaginationornot,Icanatalleventspointoutthesignificantfactofanunforgottengrave.WhenItellyoubesidesthatJimwithhisownhandshadworkedattherusticfence,youwillperceivedirectlythedifference,theindividualsideofthestory.Thereisinhisespousalofmemoryandaffectionbelongingtoanotherhumanbeingsomethingcharacteristicofhisseriousness.

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