Лорд Джим

Chapter 21

           

           ‘SteinwasthemanwhoknewmoreaboutPatusanthananybodyelse.MorethanwasknowninthegovernmentcirclesIsuspect.Ihavenodoubthehadbeenthere,eitherinhisbutterfly-huntingdaysorlateron,whenhetriedinhisincorrigiblewaytoseasonwithapinchofromancethefatteningdishesofhiscommercialkitchen.TherewereveryfewplacesintheArchipelagohehadnotseenintheoriginalduskoftheirbeing,beforelight(andevenelectriclight)hadbeencarriedintothemforthesakeofbettermoralityandandwellthegreaterprofittoo.ItwasatbreakfastofthemorningfollowingourtalkaboutJimthathementionedtheplace,afterIhadquotedpoorBrierly’sremark:“Lethimcreeptwentyfeetundergroundandstaythere.”Helookedupatmewithinterestedattention,asthoughIhadbeenarareinsect.“Thiscouldbedonetoo,”heremarked,sippinghiscoffee.“Buryhiminsomesort,”Iexplained.“Onedoesn’tliketodoitofcourse,butitwouldbethebestthing,seeingwhatheis.”“Yes;heisyoung,”Steinmused.“Theyoungesthumanbeingnowinexistence,”Iaffirmed.“Schon.There’sPatusan,”hewentoninthesametone....“Andthewomanisdeadnow,”headdedincomprehensibly.

           ‘OfcourseIdon’tknowthatstory;IcanonlyguessthatoncebeforePatusanhadbeenusedasagraveforsomesin,transgression,ormisfortune.ItisimpossibletosuspectStein.

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