Лорд Джим

Chapter 5

           Charley,mydearchap,yourdinnerwasextremelygood,andinconsequencethesemenherelookuponaquietrubberasatumultuousoccupation.Theywallowinyourgoodchairsandthinktothemselves,“Hangexertion.LetthatMarlowtalk.”

           ‘Talk!Sobeit.Andit’seasyenoughtotalkofMasterJim,afteragoodspread,twohundredfeetabovethesea-level,withaboxofdecentcigarshandy,onablessedeveningoffreshnessandstarlightthatwouldmakethebestofusforgetweareonlyonsufferancehereandgottopickourwayincrosslights,watchingeverypreciousminuteandeveryirremediablestep,trustingweshallmanageyettogooutdecentlyintheendbutnotsosureofitafterallandwithdashedlittlehelptoexpectfromthosewetouchelbowswithrightandleft.Ofcoursetherearemenhereandtheretowhomthewholeoflifeislikeanafter-dinnerhourwithacigar;easy,pleasant,empty,perhapsenlivenedbysomefableofstrifetobeforgottenbeforetheendistoldbeforetheendistoldeveniftherehappenstobeanyendtoit.

           ‘Myeyesmethisforthefirsttimeatthatinquiry.Youmustknowthateverybodyconnectedinanywaywiththeseawasthere,becausetheaffairhadbeennotoriousfordays,eversincethatmysteriouscablemessagecamefromAdentostartusallcackling.Isaymysterious,becauseitwassoinasensethoughitcontainedanakedfact,aboutasnakedanduglyasafactcanwellbe.Thewholewatersidetalkedofnothingelse.

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