Joseph Conrad

Name: The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI
Author: Joseph Conrad

The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

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“The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI”, published in 1920, is a work by Joseph Conrad. It explores elements such as Lingard, Carter and Wasub.

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ Faithful above all others; the messenger of supreme moments; the reckless and devoted servant! Lingard felt a crushing sense of despair. "No, I can't face this," he whispered to himself, looking at the coast black as ink now before his eyes in the world's shadow that was slowly encompassing the grey clearness of the Shallow Waters. "Send Wasub to me. I am going down into the cabin."
He crossed over to the companion, then checking himself suddenly: "Was there a boat from the yacht during the day?" he asked as if struck by a sudden thought.—"No, sir," answered Carter. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ Thirty-six hours later Carter, alone with Lingard in the cabin of the brig, could almost feel during a pause in his talk the oppressive, the breathless peace of the Shallows awaiting another sunset.
"I never expected to see any of you alive," Carter began in his easy tone, but with much less carelessness in his bearing as though his days of responsibility amongst the Shoals of the Shore of Refuge had matured his view of the external world and of his own place therein. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ Not a single hair of the Captain's head seemed to have been singed.
"Near," muttered Lingard. "It might have been my head." He pressed it with both hands, then let them fall. "What about that man?" he asked, brusquely. "Where did he come from? . . . I suppose he is dead now," he added in an envious tone.
"No, sir. He must have as many lives as a cat," answered Carter. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ Are you aware, Captain Lingard, that since this morning I have been down five times at the cabin door to look at you? There you sat. . . ."
He paused and Lingard said: "You have been five times down in the cabin?"
"Yes. And the sixth time I made up my mind to make you take some notice of me. I can't be left without orders. There are two ships to look after, a lot of things to be done. . . ."
"There is nothing to be done," Lingard interrupted with a mere murmur but in a tone which made Carter keep silent for a while. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ His profound conviction was that Lingard should be roused.
"Captain Lingard," he burst out in desperation; "you can't say I have worried you very much since this morning when I received you at the side, but I must be told something. What is it going to be with us? Fight or run?"
Lingard stopped short and now there was no doubt in Carter's mind that the Captain was looking at him. There was no room for any doubt before that stern and enquiring gaze. "Aha!" thought Carter. "This has startled him"; and feeling that his shyness had departed he pursued his advantage. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ At the first break of dawn he had been sent for to resume, his talk with Belarab. He had felt suddenly Mrs. Travers remove her hand from his head. Her voice speaking intimately into his ear: "Get up. There are some people coming," had recalled him to himself. He had got up from the ground. The light was dim, the air full of mist; and it was only gradually that he began to make out forms above his head and about his feet: trees, houses, men sleeping on the ground. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ This morning he was only half alive, if that much, and now I understand he has been talking to Wasub for an hour. Will you go down to see him, sir, or shall I send a couple of men to carry him on deck?"
Lingard looked bewildered for a moment.
"Who on earth is he?" he asked.
"Why, it's that fellow whom you sent out, that night I met you, to catch our first gig. What do they call him? Jaffir, I think. Hasn't he been with you ashore, sir? Didn't he find you with the letter I gave him for you? A most determined looking chap. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ He was seduced away by the tense feeling of existence far superior to the mere consciousness of life, and which in its immensity of contradictions, delight, dread, exultation and despair could not be faced and yet was not to be evaded. ”

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Joseph Conrad, The Rescue — PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATHChapter VI (1920)

“ For the fact of the matter is, sir, that, whatever happens, unless I am to be your man you will have no officer. I had better tell you at once that I have bundled that respectable, crazy, fat Shaw out of the ship. He was upsetting all hands. Yesterday I told him to go and get his dunnage together because I was going to send him aboard the yacht. ”

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