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Every
morning
the
sun
,
as
if
keeping
pace
in
his
revolutions
with
the
progress
of
the
pilgrimage
,
emerged
with
a
silent
burst
of
light
exactly
at
the
same
distance
astern
of
the
ship
,
caught
up
with
her
at
noon
,
pouring
the
concentrated
fire
of
his
rays
on
the
pious
purposes
of
the
men
,
glided
past
on
his
descent
,
and
sank
mysteriously
into
the
sea
evening
after
evening
,
preserving
the
same
distance
ahead
of
her
advancing
bows
.
The
five
whites
on
board
lived
amidships
,
isolated
from
the
human
cargo
.
The
awnings
covered
the
deck
with
a
white
roof
from
stem
to
stern
,
and
a
faint
hum
,
a
low
murmur
of
sad
voices
,
alone
revealed
the
presence
of
a
crowd
of
people
upon
the
great
blaze
of
the
ocean
.
Such
were
the
days
,
still
,
hot
,
heavy
,
disappearing
one
by
one
into
the
past
,
as
if
falling
into
an
abyss
for
ever
open
in
the
wake
of
the
ship
;
and
the
ship
,
lonely
under
a
wisp
of
smoke
,
held
on
her
steadfast
way
black
and
smouldering
in
a
luminous
immensity
,
as
if
scorched
by
a
flame
flicked
at
her
from
a
heaven
without
pity
.
The
nights
descended
on
her
like
a
benediction
.
Amarvellous
stillness
pervaded
the
world
,
and
the
stars
,
together
with
the
serenity
of
their
rays
,
seemed
to
shed
upon
the
earth
the
assurance
of
everlasting
security
.
The
young
moon
recurved
,
and
shining
low
in
the
west
,
was
like
a
slender
shaving
thrown
up
from
a
bar
of
gold
,
and
the
Arabian
Sea
,
smooth
and
cool
to
the
eye
like
a
sheet
of
ice
,
extended
its
perfect
level
to
the
perfect
circle
of
a
dark
horizon
.
The
propeller
turned
without
a
check
,
as
though
its
beat
had
been
part
of
the
scheme
of
a
safe
universe
;
and
on
each
side
of
the
Patna
two
deep
folds
of
water
,
permanent
and
sombre
on
the
unwrinkled
shimmer
,
enclosed
within
their
straight
and
diverging
ridges
a
few
white
swirls
of
foam
bursting
in
a
low
hiss
,
a
few
wavelets
,
a
few
ripples
,
a
few
undulations
that
,
left
behind
,
agitated
the
surface
of
the
sea
for
an
instant
after
the
passage
of
the
ship
,
subsided
splashing
gently
,
calmed
down
at
last
into
the
circular
stillness
of
water
and
sky
with
the
black
speck
of
the
moving
hull
remaining
everlastingly
in
its
centre
.
Jim
on
the
bridge
was
penetrated
by
the
great
certitude
of
unbounded
safety
and
peace
that
could
be
read
on
the
silent
aspect
of
nature
like
the
certitude
of
fostering
love
upon
the
placid
tenderness
of
a
mother
's
face
.
Below
the
roof
of
awnings
,
surrendered
to
the
wisdom
of
white
men
and
to
their
courage
,
trusting
the
power
of
their
unbelief
and
the
iron
shell
of
their
fire-ship
,
the
pilgrims
of
an
exacting
faith
slept
on
mats
,
on
blankets
,
on
bare
planks
,
on
every
deck
,
in
all
the
dark
corners
,
wrapped
in
dyed
cloths
,
muffled
in
soiled
rags
,
with
their
heads
resting
on
small
bundles
,
with
their
faces
pressed
to
bent
forearms
:
the
men
,
the
women
,
the
children
;
the
old
with
the
young
,
the
decrepit
with
the
lusty
--
all
equal
before
sleep
,
death
's
brother
.
A
draught
of
air
,
fanned
from
forward
by
the
speed
of
the
ship
,
passed
steadily
through
the
long
gloom
between
the
high
bulwarks
,
swept
over
the
rows
of
prone
bodies
;
a
few
dim
flames
in
globe-lamps
were
hung
short
here
and
there
under
the
ridge-poles
,
and
in
the
blurred
circles
of
light
thrown
down
and
trembling
slightly
to
the
unceasing
vibration
of
the
ship
appeared
a
chin
upturned
,
two
closed
eyelids
,
a
dark
hand
with
silver
rings
,
a
meagre
limb
draped
in
a
torn
covering
,
a
head
bent
back
,
a
naked
foot
,
a
throat
bared
and
stretched
as
if
offering
itself
to
the
knife
.
The
well-to-do
had
made
for
their
families
shelters
with
heavy
boxes
and
dusty
mats
;
the
poor
reposed
side
by
side
with
all
they
had
on
earth
tied
up
in
a
rag
under
their
heads
;
the
lone
old
men
slept
,
with
drawn-up
legs
,
upon
their
prayer-carpets
,
with
their
hands
over
their
ears
and
one
elbow
on
each
side
of
the
face
;
a
father
,
his
shoulders
up
and
his
knees
under
his
forehead
,
dozed
dejectedly
by
a
boy
who
slept
on
his
back
with
tousled
hair
and
one
arm
commandingly
extended
;
a
woman
covered
from
head
to
foot
,
like
a
corpse
,
with
a
piece
of
white
sheeting
,
had
a
naked
child
in
the
hollow
of
each
arm
;
the
Arab
's
belongings
,
piled
right
aft
,
made
a
heavy
mound
of
broken
outlines
,
with
a
cargo-lamp
swung
above
,
and
a
great
confusion
of
vague
forms
behind
:
gleams
of
paunchy
brass
pots
,
the
foot-rest
of
a
deck-chair
,
blades
of
spears
,
the
straight
scabbard
of
an
old
sword
leaning
against
a
heap
of
pillows
,
the
spout
of
a
tin
coffee-pot
.
The
patent
log
on
the
taffrail
periodically
rang
a
single
tinkling
stroke
for
every
mile
traversed
on
an
errand
of
faith
.
Above
the
mass
of
sleepers
a
faint
and
patient
sigh
at
times
floated
,
the
exhalation
of
a
troubled
dream
;
and
short
metallic
clangs
bursting
out
suddenly
in
the
depths
of
the
ship
,
the
harsh
scrape
of
a
shovel
,
the
violent
slam
of
a
furnace-door
,
exploded
brutally
,
as
if
the
men
handling
the
mysterious
things
below
had
their
breasts
full
of
fierce
anger
:
while
the
slim
high
hull
of
the
steamer
went
on
evenly
ahead
,
without
a
sway
of
her
bare
masts
,
cleaving
continuously
the
great
calm
of
the
waters
under
the
inaccessible
serenity
of
the
sky
.
Jim
paced
athwart
,
and
his
footsteps
in
the
vast
silence
were
loud
to
his
own
ears
,
as
if
echoed
by
the
watchful
stars
:
his
eyes
,
roaming
about
the
line
of
the
horizon
,
seemed
to
gaze
hungrily
into
the
unattainable
,
and
did
not
see
the
shadow
of
the
coming
event
.
The
only
shadow
on
the
sea
was
the
shadow
of
the
black
smoke
pouring
heavily
from
the
funnel
its
immense
streamer
,
whose
end
was
constantly
dissolving
in
the
air
.
Two
Malays
,
silent
and
almost
motionless
,
steered
,
one
on
each
side
of
the
wheel
,
whose
brass
rim
shone
fragmentarily
in
the
oval
of
light
thrown
out
by
the
binnacle
.
Now
and
then
a
hand
,
with
black
fingers
alternately
letting
go
and
catching
hold
of
revolving
spokes
,
appeared
in
the
illumined
part
;
the
links
of
wheel-chains
ground
heavily
in
the
grooves
of
the
barrel
.
Jim
would
glance
at
the
compass
,
would
glance
around
the
unattainable
horizon
,
would
stretch
himself
till
his
joints
cracked
,
with
a
leisurely
twist
of
the
body
,
in
the
very
excess
of
well-being
;
and
,
as
if
made
audacious
by
the
invincible
aspect
of
the
peace
,
he
felt
he
cared
for
nothing
that
could
happen
to
him
to
the
end
of
his
days
.
From
time
to
time
he
glanced
idly
at
a
chart
pegged
out
with
four
drawing-pins
on
a
low
three-legged
table
abaft
the
steering-gear
case
.
The
sheet
of
paper
portraying
the
depths
of
the
sea
presented
a
shiny
surface
under
the
light
of
a
bull
's
-
eye
lamp
lashed
to
a
stanchion
,
a
surface
as
level
and
smooth
as
the
glimmering
surface
of
the
waters
.
Parallel
rulers
with
a
pair
of
dividers
reposed
on
it
;
the
ship
's
position
at
last
noon
was
marked
with
a
small
black
cross
,
and
the
straight
pencil-line
drawn
firmly
as
far
as
Perim
figured
the
course
of
the
ship
--
the
path
of
souls
towards
the
holy
place
,
the
promise
of
salvation
,
the
reward
of
eternal
life
--
while
the
pencil
with
its
sharp
end
touching
the
Somali
coast
lay
round
and
still
like
a
naked
ship
's
spar
floating
in
the
pool
of
a
sheltered
dock
.
'
How
steady
she
goes
,
'
thought
Jim
with
wonder
,
with
something
like
gratitude
for
this
high
peace
of
sea
and
sky
.
At
such
times
his
thoughts
would
be
full
of
valorous
deeds
:
he
loved
these
dreams
and
the
success
of
his
imaginary
achievements
.
They
were
the
best
parts
of
life
,
its
secret
truth
,
its
hidden
reality
.
