Лорд Джим

Chapter 2

           Everymorningthesun,asifkeepingpaceinhisrevolutionswiththeprogressofthepilgrimage,emergedwithasilentburstoflightexactlyatthesamedistanceasternoftheship,caughtupwithheratnoon,pouringtheconcentratedfireofhisraysonthepiouspurposesofthemen,glidedpastonhisdescent,andsankmysteriouslyintotheseaeveningafterevening,preservingthesamedistanceaheadofheradvancingbows.Thefivewhitesonboardlivedamidships,isolatedfromthehumancargo.Theawningscoveredthedeckwithawhiterooffromstemtostern,andafainthum,alowmurmurofsadvoices,alonerevealedthepresenceofacrowdofpeopleuponthegreatblazeoftheocean.Suchwerethedays,still,hot,heavy,disappearingonebyoneintothepast,asiffallingintoanabyssforeveropeninthewakeoftheship;andtheship,lonelyunderawispofsmoke,heldonhersteadfastwayblackandsmoulderinginaluminousimmensity,asifscorchedbyaflameflickedatherfromaheavenwithoutpity.

           Thenightsdescendedonherlikeabenediction.

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