Лорд Джим

Chapter 30

           ”“Youshalld-d-dieh-h-here,”answeredCornelius,stillshakingviolently,andinasortofexpiringvoice.ThewholeperformancewassoabsurdandprovokingthatJimdidn’tknowwhetherheoughttobeamusedorangry.“NottillIhaveseenyoutuckedaway,youbet,”hecalledout,exasperatedyetreadytolaugh.Halfseriously(beingexcitedwithhisownthoughts,youknow)hewentonshouting,“Nothingcantouchme!Youcandoyourdamnedest.”SomehowtheshadowyCorneliusfaroffthereseemedtobethehatefulembodimentofalltheannoyancesanddifficultieshehadfoundinhispath.Helethimselfgo—hisnerveshadbeenover-wroughtfordays—andcalledhimmanyprettynames,—swindler,liar,sorryrascal:infact,carriedoninanextraordinaryway.Headmitshepassedallbounds,thathewasquitebesidehimself—defiedallPatusantoscarehimaway—declaredhewouldmakethemalldancetohisowntuneyet,andsoon,inamenacing,boastingstrain.Perfectlybombasticandridiculous,hesaid.Hisearsburnedatthebarerecollection.Musthavebeenoffhischumpinsomeway....Thegirl,whowassittingwithus,noddedherlittleheadatmequickly,frownedfaintly,andsaid,“Iheardhim,”withchild-likesolemnity.Helaughedandblushed.Whatstoppedhimatlast,hesaid,wasthesilence,thecompletedeathlikesilence,oftheindistinctfigurefaroverthere,thatseemedtohangcollapsed,doubledovertherailinaweirdimmobility.Hecametohissenses,andceasingsuddenly,wonderedgreatlyathimself

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