Лорд Джим

Chapter 3

           Hesaid‘Damn!’ashetumbled;aninstantofsilencefolloweduponhisscreeching:Jimandtheskipperstaggeredforwardbycommonaccord,andcatchingthemselvesup,stoodverystiffandstillgazing,amazed,attheundisturbedlevelofthesea.Thentheylookedupwardsatthestars.

           Whathadhappened?Thewheezythumpoftheengineswenton.Hadtheearthbeencheckedinhercourse?Theycouldnotunderstand;andsuddenlythecalmsea,theskywithoutacloud,appearedformidablyinsecureintheirimmobility,asifpoisedonthebrowofyawningdestruction.Theengineerreboundedverticallyfulllengthandcollapsedagainintoavagueheap.Thisheapsaid‘What’sthat?’inthemuffledaccentsofprofoundgrief.Afaintnoiseasofthunder,ofthunderinfinitelyremote,lessthanasound,hardlymorethanavibration,passedslowly,andtheshipquiveredinresponse,asifthethunderhadgrowleddeepdowninthewater.TheeyesofthetwoMalaysatthewheelglitteredtowardsthewhitemen,buttheirdarkhandsremainedclosedonthespokes.Thesharphulldrivingonitswayseemedtoriseafewinchesinsuccessionthroughitswholelength,asthoughithadbecomepliable,andsettleddownagainrigidlytoitsworkofcleavingthesmoothsurfaceofthesea.Itsquiveringstopped,andthefaintnoiseofthunderceasedallatonce,asthoughtheshiphadsteamedacrossanarrowbeltofvibratingwaterandofhummingair.

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