Лорд Джим

Chapter 5

           Theychattedtogetherastheystrolled,andIdidnotcareanymorethaniftheyhadnotbeenvisibletothenakedeye.Theygrinnedateachothermighthavebeenexchangingjokes,forallIknow.Isawthatwithoneofthemitwasacaseofabrokenarm;andastothelongindividualwithgreymoustacheshewasthechiefengineer,andinvariouswaysaprettynotoriouspersonality.Theywerenobodies.Theyapproached.Theskippergazedinaninanimatewaybetweenhisfeet:heseemedtobeswollentoanunnaturalsizebysomeawfuldisease,bythemysteriousactionofanunknownpoison.Heliftedhishead,sawthetwobeforehimwaiting,openedhismouthwithanextraordinary,sneeringcontortionofhispuffedfacetospeaktothem,Isupposeandthenathoughtseemedtostrikehim.Histhick,purplishlipscametogetherwithoutasound,hewentoffinaresolutewaddletothegharryandbegantojerkatthedoor-handlewithsuchablindbrutalityofimpatiencethatIexpectedtoseethewholeconcernoverturnedonitsside,ponyandall.Thedriver,shakenoutofhismeditationoverthesoleofhisfoot,displayedatonceallthesignsofintenseterror,andheldwithbothhands,lookingroundfromhisboxatthisvastcarcassforcingitswayintohisconveyance.

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