Лорд Джим

Chapter 15

           Therewasnotmuchintheroomyouknowhowthesebedroomsareasortoffour-posterbedsteadunderamosquito-net,twoorthreechairs,thetableIwaswritingat,abarefloor.Aglassdooropenedonanupstairsverandah,andhestoodwithhisfacetoit,havingahardtimewithallpossibleprivacy.Duskfell;Ilitacandlewiththegreatesteconomyofmovementandasmuchprudenceasthoughitwereanillegalproceeding.Thereisnodoubtthathehadaveryhardtimeofit,andsohadI,eventothepoint,Imustown,ofwishinghimtothedevil,oronWalpoleReefatleast.Itoccurredtomeonceortwicethat,afterall,Chesterwas,perhaps,themantodealeffectivelywithsuchadisaster.Thatstrangeidealisthadfoundapracticaluseforitatonceunerringly,asitwere.Itwasenoughtomakeonesuspectthat,maybe,hereallycouldseethetrueaspectofthingsthatappearedmysteriousorutterlyhopelesstolessimaginativepersons.Iwroteandwrote;Iliquidatedallthearrearsofmycorrespondence,andthenwentonwritingtopeoplewhohadnoreasonwhatevertoexpectfrommeagossipyletteraboutnothingatall.AttimesIstoleasidelongglance.Hewasrootedtothespot,butconvulsiveshuddersrandownhisback;hisshoulderswouldheavesuddenly.Hewasfighting,hewasfightingmostlyforhisbreath,asitseemed.Themassiveshadows,castallonewayfromthestraightflameofthecandle,seemedpossessedofgloomyconsciousness;theimmobilityofthefurniturehadtomyfurtiveeyeanairofattention.

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