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'
It
did
not
seem
so
strange
to
me
.
He
must
have
had
an
unconscious
conviction
that
the
reality
could
not
be
half
as
bad
,
not
half
as
anguishing
,
appalling
,
and
vengeful
as
the
created
terror
of
his
imagination
.
302
I
believe
that
,
in
this
first
moment
,
his
heart
was
wrung
with
all
the
suffering
,
that
his
soul
knew
the
accumulated
savour
of
all
the
fear
,
all
the
horror
,
all
the
despair
of
eight
hundred
human
beings
pounced
upon
in
the
night
by
a
sudden
and
violent
death
,
else
why
should
he
have
said
,
"
It
seemed
to
me
that
I
must
jump
out
of
that
accursed
boat
and
swim
back
to
see
--
half
a
mile
--
more
--
any
distance
--
to
the
very
spot
...
"
?
Why
this
impulse
?
Do
you
see
the
significance
?
Why
back
to
the
very
spot
?
Why
not
drown
alongside
--
if
he
meant
drowning
?
Why
back
to
the
very
spot
,
to
see
--
as
if
his
imagination
had
to
be
soothed
by
the
assurance
that
all
was
over
before
death
could
bring
relief
?
I
defy
any
one
of
you
to
offer
another
explanation
.
It
was
one
of
those
bizarre
and
exciting
glimpses
through
the
fog
.
It
was
an
extraordinary
disclosure
.
He
let
it
out
as
the
most
natural
thing
one
could
say
.
He
fought
down
that
impulse
and
then
he
became
conscious
of
the
silence
.
He
mentioned
this
to
me
.
A
silence
of
the
sea
,
of
the
sky
,
merged
into
one
indefinite
immensity
still
as
death
around
these
saved
,
palpitating
lives
.
"
You
might
have
heard
a
pin
drop
in
the
boat
,
"
he
said
with
a
queer
contraction
of
his
lips
,
like
a
man
trying
to
master
his
sensibilities
while
relating
some
extremely
moving
fact
.
A
silence
!
God
alone
,
who
had
willed
him
as
he
was
,
knows
what
he
made
of
it
in
his
heart
.
"
I
did
n't
think
any
spot
on
earth
could
be
so
still
,
"
he
said
.
"
You
could
n't
distinguish
the
sea
from
the
sky
;
there
was
nothing
to
see
and
nothing
to
hear
.
303
Not
a
glimmer
,
not
a
shape
,
not
a
sound
.
You
could
have
believed
that
every
bit
of
dry
land
had
gone
to
the
bottom
;
that
every
man
on
earth
but
I
and
these
beggars
in
the
boat
had
got
drowned
.
"
He
leaned
over
the
table
with
his
knuckles
propped
amongst
coffee-cups
,
liqueur-glasses
,
cigar-ends
.
"
I
seemed
to
believe
it
.
Everything
was
gone
and
--
all
was
over
...
"
he
fetched
a
deep
sigh
...
"
with
me
.
"'
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Marlow
sat
up
abruptly
and
flung
away
his
cheroot
with
force
.
It
made
a
darting
red
trail
like
a
toy
rocket
fired
through
the
drapery
of
creepers
.
Nobody
stirred
.
305
'
Hey
,
what
do
you
think
of
it
?
'
he
cried
with
sudden
animation
.
'
Was
n't
he
true
to
himself
,
was
n't
he
?
His
saved
life
was
over
for
want
of
ground
under
his
feet
,
for
want
of
sights
for
his
eyes
,
for
want
of
voices
in
his
ears
.
Annihilation
--
hey
!
And
all
the
time
it
was
only
a
clouded
sky
,
a
sea
that
did
not
break
,
the
air
that
did
not
stir
.
Only
a
night
;
only
a
silence
.
306
'
It
lasted
for
a
while
,
and
then
they
were
suddenly
and
unanimously
moved
to
make
a
noise
over
their
escape
.
"
I
knew
from
the
first
she
would
go
.
"
"
Not
a
minute
too
soon
.
"
"
A
narrow
squeak
,
b
'
gosh
!
"
He
said
nothing
,
but
the
breeze
that
had
dropped
came
back
,
a
gentle
draught
freshened
steadily
,
and
the
sea
joined
its
murmuring
voice
to
this
talkative
reaction
succeeding
the
dumb
moments
of
awe
.
She
was
gone
!
She
was
gone
!
Not
a
doubt
of
it
.
Nobody
could
have
helped
.
307
They
repeated
the
same
words
over
and
over
again
as
though
they
could
n't
stop
themselves
.
Never
doubted
she
would
go
.
The
lights
were
gone
.
No
mistake
.
The
lights
were
gone
.
Could
n't
expect
anything
else
.
She
had
to
go
...
He
noticed
that
they
talked
as
though
they
had
left
behind
them
nothing
but
an
empty
ship
.
They
concluded
she
would
not
have
been
long
when
she
once
started
.
It
seemed
to
cause
them
some
sort
of
satisfaction
.
They
assured
each
other
that
she
could
n't
have
been
long
about
it
--
"
Just
shot
down
like
a
flat-iron
.
"
The
chief
engineer
declared
that
the
mast-head
light
at
the
moment
of
sinking
seemed
to
drop
"
like
a
lighted
match
you
throw
down
.
"
At
this
the
second
laughed
hysterically
.
"
I
am
g-g-glad
,
I
am
gla-a-a-d
.
"
His
teeth
went
on
"
like
an
electric
rattle
,
"
said
Jim
,
"
and
all
at
once
he
began
to
cry
.
He
wept
and
blubbered
like
a
child
,
catching
his
breath
and
sobbing
'
Oh
dear
!
oh
dear
!
oh
dear
!
'
He
would
be
quiet
for
a
while
and
start
suddenly
,
'
Oh
,
my
poor
arm
!
oh
,
my
poor
a-a-a-arm
!
'
I
felt
I
could
knock
him
down
.
Some
of
them
sat
in
the
stern-sheets
.
I
could
just
make
out
their
shapes
.
Voices
came
to
me
,
mumble
,
mumble
,
grunt
,
grunt
.
All
this
seemed
very
hard
to
bear
.
I
was
cold
too
.
And
I
could
do
nothing
.
I
thought
that
if
I
moved
I
would
have
to
go
over
the
side
and
...
"
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'
His
hand
groped
stealthily
,
came
in
contact
with
a
liqueur-glass
,
and
was
withdrawn
suddenly
as
if
it
had
touched
a
red-hot
coal
.
I
pushed
the
bottle
slightly
.
"
Wo
n't
you
have
some
more
?
"
I
asked
.
309
He
looked
at
me
angrily
.
"
Do
n't
you
think
I
can
tell
you
what
there
is
to
tell
without
screwing
myself
up
?
"
he
asked
.
The
squad
of
globe-trotters
had
gone
to
bed
.
We
were
alone
but
for
a
vague
white
form
erect
in
the
shadow
,
that
,
being
looked
at
,
cringed
forward
,
hesitated
,
backed
away
silently
.
It
was
getting
late
,
but
I
did
not
hurry
my
guest
.
310
'
In
the
midst
of
his
forlorn
state
he
heard
his
companions
begin
to
abuse
some
one
.
"
What
kept
you
from
jumping
,
you
lunatic
?
"
said
a
scolding
voice
.
The
chief
engineer
left
the
stern-sheets
,
and
could
be
heard
clambering
forward
as
if
with
hostile
intentions
against
"
the
greatest
idiot
that
ever
was
.
"
The
skipper
shouted
with
rasping
effort
offensive
epithets
from
where
he
sat
at
the
oar
.
He
lifted
his
head
at
that
uproar
,
and
heard
the
name
"
George
,
"
while
a
hand
in
the
dark
struck
him
on
the
breast
.
"
What
have
you
got
to
say
for
yourself
,
you
fool
?
"
queried
somebody
,
with
a
sort
of
virtuous
fury
.
"
They
were
after
me
,
"
he
said
.
"
They
were
abusing
me
--
abusing
me
...
by
the
name
of
George
.
"