Lord Jim: resumen de Chapter 15

Qué sucede

1. An appointment and a persistent businessman delay the narrator before he finds Jim beside the quay.
2. Jim follows him quietly to the hotel, apparently without anywhere else to retreat.
3. The narrator writes letters in his bedroom while Jim stands near the glass door, shaking and struggling for breath.
4. Jim steps onto the veranda, where he becomes motionless against the darkness.
5. The narrator considers Chester’s offer but distrusts Chester and his partner, so he remains silent.

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The image makes the narrator’s sense of responsibility explicit. He sees his own presence as Jim’s only barrier against an uncertain and threatening escape.

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