Лорд Джим

Chapter 35

           Nomagician’swandcanimmobilisehimundermyeyes.Heisoneofus.

           ‘Jim,asI’vetoldyou,accompaniedmeonthefirststageofmyjourneybacktotheworldhehadrenounced,andthewayattimesseemedtoleadthroughtheveryheartofuntouchedwilderness.Theemptyreachessparkledunderthehighsun;betweenthehighwallsofvegetationtheheatdrowseduponthewater,andtheboat,impelledvigorously,cutherwaythroughtheairthatseemedtohavesettleddenseandwarmundertheshelterofloftytrees.

           ‘Theshadowoftheimpendingseparationhadalreadyputanimmensespacebetweenus,andwhenwespokeitwaswithaneffort,asiftoforceourlowvoicesacrossavastandincreasingdistance.Theboatfairlyflew;weswelteredsidebysideinthestagnantsuperheatedair;thesmellofmud,ofmush,theprimevalsmelloffecundearth,seemedtostingourfaces;tillsuddenlyatabenditwasasifagreathandfarawayhadliftedaheavycurtain,hadflungopenunimmenseportal.Thelightitselfseemedtostir,theskyaboveourheadswidened,afar-offmurmurreachedourears,afreshnessenvelopedus,filledourlungs,quickenedourthoughts,ourblood,ourregretsand,straightahead,theforestssankdownagainstthedark-blueridgeofthesea.

           ‘Ibreatheddeeply,Irevelledinthevastnessoftheopenedhorizon,inthedifferentatmospherethatseemedtovibratewiththetoiloflife,withtheenergyofanimpeccableworld.Thisskyandthisseawereopentome.

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