Лорд Джим

Chapter 35

           IdidnotlookagainattheshoretillIhadclamberedonboardtheschooner.

           ‘Bythattimethesunhadset.Thetwilightlayovertheeast,andthecoast,turnedblack,extendedinfinitelyitssombrewallthatseemedtheverystrongholdofthenight;thewesternhorizonwasonegreatblazeofgoldandcrimsoninwhichabigdetachedcloudfloateddarkandstill,castingaslatyshadowonthewaterbeneath,andIsawJimonthebeachwatchingtheschoonerfalloffandgatherheadway.

           ‘Thetwohalf-nakedfishermenhadarisenassoonasIhadgone;theywerenodoubtpouringtheplaintoftheirtrifling,miserable,oppressedlivesintotheearsofthewhitelord,anodoubthewaslisteningtoit,makingithisown,forwasitnotapartofhislucktheluck“fromthewordGo”thelucktowhichhehadassuredmehewassocompletelyequal?Theytoo,Ishouldthink,wereinluck,andIwassuretheirpertinacitywouldbeequaltoit.Theirdark-skinnedbodiesvanishedonthedarkbackgroundlongbeforeIhadlostsightoftheirprotector.Hewaswhitefromheadtofoot,andremainedpersistentlyvisiblewiththestrongholdofthenightathisback,theseaathisfeet,theopportunitybyhissidestillveiled.Whatdoyousay?Wasitstillveiled?Idon’tknow.Formethatwhitefigureinthestillnessofcoastandseaseemedtostandattheheartofavastenigma

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