Лорд Джим

Chapter 36

           

           Thelightofhisshadedreading-lampsleptlikeashelteredpool,hisfootfallsmadenosoundonthecarpet,hiswanderingdayswereover.Nomorehorizonsasboundlessashope,nomoretwilightswithintheforestsassolemnastemples,inthehotquestfortheEver-undiscoveredCountryoverthehill,acrossthestream,beyondthewave.Thehourwasstriking!Nomore!Nomore!buttheopenedpacketunderthelampbroughtbackthesounds,thevisions,theverysavourofthepastamultitudeoffadingfaces,atumultoflowvoices,dyingawayupontheshoresofdistantseasunderapassionateandunconsolingsunshine.Hesighedandsatdowntoread.

           Atfirsthesawthreedistinctenclosures.Agoodmanypagescloselyblackenedandpinnedtogether;aloosesquaresheetofgreyishpaperwithafewwordstracedinahandwritinghehadneverseenbefore,andanexplanatoryletterfromMarlow.Fromthislastfellanotherletter,yellowedbytimeandfrayedonthefolds.Hepickeditupand,layingitaside,turnedtoMarlow’smessage,ranswiftlyovertheopeninglines,and,checkinghimself,thereafterreadondeliberately,likeoneapproachingwithslowfeetandalerteyestheglimpseofanundiscoveredcountry.

           ‘...Idon’tsupposeyou’veforgotten,’wentontheletter.‘Youalonehaveshowedaninterestinhimthatsurvivedthetellingofhisstory,thoughIrememberwellyouwouldnotadmithehadmasteredhisfate.

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