Лорд Джим

Chapter 28

           Hehadaconscience,anditwasaromanticconscience.ThroughherwholelifethewifeoftheunspeakableCorneliushadnoothercompanion,confidant,andfriendbutherdaughter.HowthepoorwomanhadcometomarrytheawfullittleMalaccaPortugueseaftertheseparationfromthefatherofhergirlandhowthatseparationhadbeenbroughtabout,whetherbydeath,whichcanbesometimesmerciful,orbythemercilesspressureofconventions,isamysterytome.FromthelittlewhichStein(whoknewsomanystories)hadletdropinmyhearing,Iamconvincedthatshewasnoordinarywoman.Herownfatherhadbeenawhite;ahighofficial;oneofthebrilliantlyendowedmenwhoarenotdullenoughtonurseasuccess,andwhosecareerssooftenendunderacloud.IsupposeshetoomusthavelackedthesavingdullnessandhercareerendedinPatusan.Ourcommonfate...forwhereisthemanImeanarealsentientmanwhodoesnotremembervaguelyhavingbeendesertedinthefullnessofpossessionbysomeoneorsomethingmorepreciousthanlife?...ourcommonfatefastensuponthewomenwithapeculiarcruelty.Itdoesnotpunishlikeamaster,butinflictslingeringtorment,asiftogratifyasecret,unappeasablespite.Onewouldthinkthat,appointedtoruleonearth,itseekstorevengeitselfuponthebeingsthatcomenearesttorisingabovethetrammelsofearthlycaution;foritisonlywomenwhomanagetoputattimesintotheirloveanelementjustpalpableenoughtogiveoneafrightanextra-terrestrialtouch.

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