Лорд Джим

Chapter 32

           AssoonasJim,withTamb’Itamathisheels,hadstarteduponhiseveningrounds,Iwentuptothehousealone,and,unexpectedly,foundmyselfwaylaidbythegirl,whohadbeenclearlywaitingforthisopportunity.

           ‘Itishardtotellyouwhatitwaspreciselyshewantedtowrestfromme.Obviouslyitwouldbesomethingverysimplethesimplestimpossibilityintheworld;as,forinstance,theexactdescriptionoftheformofacloud.Shewantedanassurance,astatement,apromise,anexplanationIdon’tknowhowtocallit:thethinghasnoname.Itwasdarkundertheprojectingroof,andallIcouldseeweretheflowinglinesofhergown,thepalesmallovalofherface,withthewhiteflashofherteeth,and,turnedtowardsme,thebigsombreorbitsofhereyes,wherethereseemedtobeafaintstir,suchasyoumayfancyyoucandetectwhenyouplungeyourgazetothebottomofanimmenselydeepwell.Whatisitthatmovesthere?youaskyourself.Isitablindmonsteroronlyalostgleamfromtheuniverse?Itoccurredtomedon’tlaughthatallthingsbeingdissimilar,shewasmoreinscrutableinherchildishignorancethantheSphinxpropoundingchildishriddlestowayfarers.ShehadbeencarriedofftoPatusanbeforehereyeswereopen.Shehadgrownupthere;shehadseennothing,shehadknownnothing,shehadnoconceptionofanything.Iaskmyselfwhethersheweresurethatanythingelseexisted.

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