Лорд Джим

Chapter 24

           Helookedwithanowner’seyeatthepeaceoftheevening,attheriver,atthehouses,attheeverlastinglifeoftheforests,atthelifeoftheoldmankind,atthesecretsoftheland,attheprideofhisownheart;butitwastheythatpossessedhimandmadehimtheirowntotheinnermostthought,totheslighteststirofblood,tohislastbreath.

           ‘Itwassomethingtobeproudof.Itoowasproudforhim,ifnotsocertainofthefabulousvalueofthebargain.Itwaswonderful.ItwasnotsomuchofhisfearlessnessthatIthought.ItisstrangehowlittleaccountItookofit:asifithadbeensomethingtooconventionaltobeattherootofthematter.No.Iwasmorestruckbytheothergiftshehaddisplayed.Hehadprovedhisgraspoftheunfamiliarsituation,hisintellectualalertnessinthatfieldofthought.Therewashisreadinesstoo!Amazing.Andallthishadcometohiminamannerlikekeenscenttoawell-bredhound.Hewasnoteloquent,buttherewasadignityinthisconstitutionalreticence,therewasahighseriousnessinhisstammerings.Hehadstillhisoldtrickofstubbornblushing.Nowandthen,though,aword,asentence,wouldescapehimthatshowedhowdeeply,howsolemnly,hefeltaboutthatworkwhichhadgivenhimthecertitudeofrehabilitation.Thatiswhyheseemedtolovethelandandthepeoplewithasortoffierceegoism,withacontemptuoustenderness.’

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