Лорд Джим

Chapter 7

           Afterwards,withtimetothinkitover,itmighthavestrucktheofficersoftheAvondalethattherewas“somethingfishy”intheaffair;butofcoursetheywouldkeeptheirdoubtstothemselves.Theyhadpickedupthecaptain,themate,andtwoengineersofthesteamerPatnasunkatsea,andthat,veryproperly,wasenoughforthem.IdidnotaskJimaboutthenatureofhisfeelingsduringthetendayshespentonboard.FromthewayhenarratedthatpartIwasatlibertytoinferhewaspartlystunnedbythediscoveryhehadmadethediscoveryabouthimselfandnodoubtwasatworktryingtoexplainitawaytotheonlymanwhowascapableofappreciatingallitstremendousmagnitude.Youmustunderstandhedidnottrytominimiseitsimportance.OfthatIamsure;andthereinlieshisdistinction.Astowhatsensationsheexperiencedwhenhegotashoreandheardtheunforeseenconclusionofthetaleinwhichhehadtakensuchapitifulpart,hetoldmenothingofthem,anditisdifficulttoimagine.

           ‘Iwonderwhetherhefeltthegroundcutfromunderhisfeet?Iwonder?Butnodoubthemanagedtogetafreshfootholdverysoon.HewasashoreawholefortnightwaitingintheSailors’Home,andasthereweresixorsevenmenstayingthereatthetime,Ihadheardofhimalittle.Theirlanguidopinionseemedtobethat,inadditiontohisothershortcomings,hewasasulkybrute.

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