Лорд Джим

Chapter 14

           Onemissedtheobligatorythreadofsmokeintheforegroundandthepack-animalsgrazing.Ablankyellowwallrosebehindovertoppingthetree,reflectingtheglare.Thecourt-roomwassombre,seemedmorevast.Highupinthedimspacethepunkahswereswayingshorttoandfro,toandfro.Hereandthereadrapedfigure,dwarfedbythebarewalls,remainedwithoutstirringamongsttherowsofemptybenches,asifabsorbedinpiousmeditation.Theplaintiff,whohadbeenbeaten,anobesechocolate-colouredmanwithshavedhead,onefatbreastbareandabrightyellowcaste-markabovethebridgeofhisnose,satinpompousimmobility:onlyhiseyesglittered,rollinginthegloom,andthenostrilsdilatedandcollapsedviolentlyashebreathed.Brierlydroppedintohisseatlookingdoneup,asthoughhehadspentthenightinsprintingonacinder-track.Thepioussailing-shipskipperappearedexcitedandmadeuneasymovements,asifrestrainingwithdifficultyanimpulsetostandupandexhortusearnestlytoprayerandrepentance.Theheadofthemagistrate,delicatelypaleundertheneatlyarrangedhair,resembledtheheadofahopelessinvalidafterhehadbeenwashedandbrushedandproppedupinbed.Hemovedasidethevaseofflowersabunchofpurplewithafewpinkblossomsonlongstalksandseizinginbothhandsalongsheetofbluishpaper,ranhiseyeoverit,proppedhisforearmsontheedgeofthedesk,andbegantoreadaloudinaneven,distinct,andcarelessvoice.

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