Лорд Джим

Chapter 1

           Whenthefactbrokethroughtheincognitohewouldleavesuddenlytheseaportwherehehappenedtobeatthetimeandgotoanother—generallyfarthereast.Hekepttoseaportsbecausehewasaseamaninexilefromthesea,andhadAbilityintheabstract,whichisgoodfornootherworkbutthatofawater-clerk.Heretreatedingoodordertowardstherisingsun,andthefactfollowedhimcasuallybutinevitably.ThusinthecourseofyearshewasknownsuccessivelyinBombay,inCalcutta,inRangoon,inPenang,inBatavia—andineachofthesehalting-placeswasjustJimthewater-clerk.Afterwards,whenhiskeenperceptionoftheIntolerabledrovehimawayforgoodfromseaportsandwhitemen,evenintothevirginforest,theMalaysofthejunglevillage,wherehehadelectedtoconcealhisdeplorablefaculty,addedawordtothemonosyllableofhisincognito.TheycalledhimTuanJim:asonemightsay—LordJim.

           Originallyhecamefromaparsonage.Manycommandersoffinemerchant-shipscomefromtheseabodesofpietyandpeace.Jim’sfatherpossessedsuchcertainknowledgeoftheUnknowableasmadefortherighteousnessofpeopleincottageswithoutdisturbingtheeaseofmindofthosewhomanunerringProvidenceenablestoliveinmansions.Thelittlechurchonahillhadthemossygreynessofarockseenthrougharaggedscreenofleaves.Ithadstoodthereforcenturies,butthetreesaroundprobablyrememberedthelayingofthefirststone.

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