Лорд Джим

Chapter 14

           Ididn’thopetobeverymuchimpressedoredified,orinterestedorevenfrightenedthough,aslongasthereisanylifebeforeone,ajollygoodfrightnowandthenisasalutarydiscipline.ButneitherdidIexpecttobesoawfullydepressed.Thebitternessofhispunishmentwasinitschillandmeanatmosphere.Therealsignificanceofcrimeisinitsbeingabreachoffaithwiththecommunityofmankind,andfromthatpointofviewhewasnomeantraitor,buthisexecutionwasahole-and-corneraffair.Therewasnohighscaffolding,noscarletcloth(didtheyhavescarletclothonTowerHill?Theyshouldhavehad),noawe-strickenmultitudetobehorrifiedathisguiltandbemovedtotearsathisfatenoairofsombreretribution.Therewas,asIwalkedalong,theclearsunshine,abrilliancetoopassionatetobeconsoling,thestreetsfullofjumbledbitsofcolourlikeadamagedkaleidoscope:yellow,green,blue,dazzlingwhite,thebrownnudityofanundrapedshoulder,abullock-cartwitharedcanopy,acompanyofnativeinfantryinadrabbodywithdarkheadsmarchingindustylacedboots,anativepolicemaninasombreuniformofscantycutandbeltedinpatentleather,wholookedupatmewithorientallypitifuleyesasthoughhismigratingspiritweresufferingexceedinglyfromthatunforeseenwhatd’yecall‘em?avatarincarnation.Undertheshadeofalonelytreeinthecourtyard,thevillagersconnectedwiththeassaultcasesatinapicturesquegroup,lookinglikeachromo-lithographofacampinabookofEasterntravel.

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