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2、ingforitwastocometoandwaitfortheturnofthetide.Thesea-reachoftheThamesstretchedbeforeuslikethebeginningofaninterminablewaterway.Intheoffingtheseaandtheskywereweldedtogetherwithoutajoint,andintheluminousspacethetannedsailsofthebargesdriftingupwiththetideseemedtostandstillinredclustersofcanvasshar
3、plypeaked,withgleamsofvarnishedsprits.Ahazerestedonthelowshoresthatranouttoseainvanishingflatness.TheairwasdarkaboveGravesend,andfartherbackstillseemedcondensedintoamournfulgloom,broodingmotionlessoverthebiggest,andthegreatest,townonearth.TheDirectorofCompanieswasourcaptainandourhost.Wefouraffe
4、ctionatelywatchedhisbackashestoodinthebowslookingtoseaward.Onthewholerivertherewasnothingthatlookedhalfsonautical.Heresembledapilot,whichtoaseamanistrustworthinesspersonified.Itwasdifficulttorealizehisworkwasnotoutthereinthe2of162HeartofDarknessluminousestuary,butbehindhim,withinthebroodinggloo
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6、ingontheonlyrug.TheAccountanthadbroughtoutalreadyaboxofdominoes,andwastoyingarchitecturallywiththebones.Marlowsatcross-leggedrightaft,leaningagainstthemizzen-mast.Hehadsunkencheeks,ayellowcomplexion,astraightback,anasceticaspect,and,withhisarmsdropped,thepalmsofhandsoutwards,resembledanidol.The
7、director,satisfiedtheanchorhadgoodhold,madehiswayaftandsatdownamongstus.Weexchangedafewwordslazily.Afterwardstherewassilenceonboardtheyacht.Forsomereasonorotherwedidnotbeginthatgameofdominoes.Wefeltmeditative,andfitfornothingbutpl
