Лорд Джим

Chapter 7

           ‘Ican’ttellyouwhetherJimknewhewasespecially“fancied,”butthetoneofhisreferencesto“myDad”wascalculatedtogivemeanotionthatthegoodoldruraldeanwasaboutthefinestmanthateverhadbeenworriedbythecaresofalargefamilysincethebeginningoftheworld.This,thoughneverstated,wasimpliedwithananxietythatthereshouldbenomistakeaboutit,whichwasreallyverytrueandcharming,butaddedapoignantsenseoflivesfarofftotheotherelementsofthestory.“Hehasseenitallinthehomepapersbythistime,”saidJim.“Icanneverfacethepooroldchap.”IdidnotdaretoliftmyeyesatthistillIheardhimadd,“Icouldneverexplain.Hewouldn’tunderstand.”ThenIlookedup.Hewassmokingreflectively,andafteramoment,rousinghimself,begantotalkagain.HediscoveredatonceadesirethatIshouldnotconfoundhimwithhispartnersinincrime,letuscallit.Hewasnotoneofthem;hewasaltogetherofanothersort.Igavenosignofdissent.Ihadnointention,forthesakeofbarrentruth,torobhimofthesmallestparticleofanysavinggracethatwouldcomeinhisway.Ididn’tknowhowmuchofithebelievedhimself.Ididn’tknowwhathewasplayinguptoifhewasplayinguptoanythingatallandIsuspecthedidnotknoweither;foritismybeliefnomaneverunderstandsquitehisownartfuldodgestoescapefromthegrimshadowofself-knowledge.

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