Лорд Джим

Chapter 33

           

           ‘Shemadeastepnearer.“No.Never!”Shehadaskedhimonlytogoaway.Itwasthatnightontheriver-bank,afterhehadkilledthemanaftershehadflungthetorchinthewaterbecausehewaslookingatherso.Therewastoomuchlight,andthedangerwasoverthenforalittletimeforalittletime.HesaidthenhewouldnotabandonhertoCornelius.Shehadinsisted.Shewantedhimtoleaveher.Hesaidthathecouldnotthatitwasimpossible.Hetrembledwhilehesaidthis.Shehadfelthimtremble....Onedoesnotrequiremuchimaginationtoseethescene,almosttoheartheirwhispers.Shewasafraidforhimtoo.Ibelievethatthenshesawinhimonlyapredestinedvictimofdangerswhichsheunderstoodbetterthanhimself.Thoughbynothingbuthismerepresencehehadmasteredherheart,hadfilledallherthoughts,andhadpossessedhimselfofallheraffections,sheunderestimatedhischancesofsuccess.Itisobviousthatataboutthattimeeverybodywasinclinedtounderestimatehischances.Strictlyspeakinghedidn’tseemtohaveany.IknowthiswasCornelius’sview.HeconfessedthatmuchtomeinextenuationoftheshadyparthehadplayedinSherifAli’splottodoawaywiththeinfidel.EvenSherifAlihimself,asitseemscertainnow,hadnothingbutcontemptforthewhiteman.Jimwastobemurderedmainlyonreligiousgrounds,Ibelieve.Asimpleactofpiety(andsofarinfinitelymeritorious),butotherwisewithoutmuchimportance.InthelastpartofthisopinionCorneliusconcurred.

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