Лорд Джим

Chapter 10

           Ofcourse,aswithbelief,thought,love,hate,conviction,oreventhevisualaspectofmaterialthings,thereareasmanyshipwrecksastherearemen,andinthisonetherewassomethingabjectwhichmadetheisolationmorecompletetherewasavillainyofcircumstancesthatcutthesemenoffmorecompletelyfromtherestofmankind,whoseidealofconducthadneverundergonethetrialofafiendishandappallingjoke.Theywereexasperatedwithhimforbeingahalf-heartedshirker:hefocussedonthemhishatredofthewholething;hewouldhavelikedtotakeasignalrevengefortheabhorrentopportunitytheyhadputinhisway.TrustaboatonthehighseastobringouttheIrrationalthatlurksatthebottomofeverythought,sentiment,sensation,emotion.Itwaspartoftheburlesquemeannesspervadingthatparticulardisasteratseathattheydidnotcometoblows.Itwasallthreats,allaterriblyeffectivefeint,ashamfrombeginningtoend,plannedbythetremendousdisdainoftheDarkPowerswhoserealterrors,alwaysonthevergeoftriumph,areperpetuallyfoiledbythesteadfastnessofmen.Iasked,afterwaitingforawhile,‘Well,whathappened?”Afutilequestion.Iknewtoomuchalreadytohopeforthegraceofasingleupliftingtouch,forthefavourofhintedmadness,ofshadowedhorror.“Nothing,”hesaid.“Imeantbusiness,buttheymeantnoiseonly.Nothinghappened.”

           ‘Andtherisingsunfoundhimjustashehadjumpedupfirstinthebowsoftheboat.

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