Лорд Джим

Chapter 9

           TheothersgaveupJimatonceandranofftoassist.Heheardthetap,tapofthehammer,thesoundofthereleasedchockfallingover.Theboatwasclear.Onlythenheturnedtolookonlythen.Buthekepthisdistancehekepthisdistance.Hewantedmetoknowhehadkepthisdistance;thattherewasnothingincommonbetweenhimandthesemenwhohadthehammer.Nothingwhatever.Itismorethanprobablehethoughthimselfcutofffromthembyaspacethatcouldnotbetraversed,byanobstaclethatcouldnotbeovercome,byachasmwithoutbottom.Hewasasfarashecouldgetfromthemthewholebreadthoftheship.

           ‘Hisfeetweregluedtothatremotespotandhiseyestotheirindistinctgroupbowedtogetherandswayingstrangelyinthecommontormentoffear.Ahand-lamplashedtoastanchionabovealittletableriggeduponthebridgethePatnahadnochart-roomamidshipsthrewalightontheirlabouringshoulders,ontheirarchedandbobbingbacks.Theypushedatthebowoftheboat;theypushedoutintothenight;theypushed,andwouldnomorelookbackathim.Theyhadgivenhimupasifindeedhehadbeentoofar,toohopelesslyseparatedfromthemselves,tobeworthanappealingword,aglance,orasign.Theyhadnoleisuretolookbackuponhispassiveheroism,tofeelthestingofhisabstention.

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