Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (top 10 books to read TXT) π
His remark did not seem at all surprising. It was just like Marlow. It wasaccepted in silence. No one took the trouble to grunt even; and presentlyhe said, very slow--
I was thinking of very old times, when the Romans first came here,nineteen hundred years ago--the other day. . . . Light cameout of this river since--you say Knights? Yes; but it is like arunning blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clou
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The heavens do not fall for such a trifle. Would they have fallen, I wonder, if I had rendered Kurtz that justice which was his due?
Hadnβt he said he wanted only justice? But I couldnβt. I could not tell her. It would have been too darkβtoo dark altogether.
β¦β
Marlow ceased, and sat apart, indistinct and silent, in the pose of a meditating Buddha. Nobody moved for a time.
βWe have lost the first of the ebb,β said the Director, suddenly.
I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast skyβ
seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
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