What will become of such a man? He wonders. Marlow is troubled by feelings of extreme guilt and shame in relation to the episode. They thought the ship had fallen like iron to the sea floor when the light on board the ship went out, even though it had simply been a trick of the eyes. In time, the story grows clear, pieced together for the reader the crew of the Patna released a lifeboat for themselves, convinced that the steamship would soon capsize and fearing a panic. Suddenly, Jim enters the scene and begins to testify at the official inquiry, which is looking for information about what happened. The tremor and the incident’s eventual outcome have no explanation for the reader. One night, as the ship travels peacefully across the Arabian Sea, Jim and the crew notice a weird vibration shaking the ship’s underside. An obese, crazy German captain is in charge of the journey, which has five white guys on board as crew. After a prolonged recovery from his wounds and a stay in the hospital, Jim decides against going back to England and accepts the role of a chief mate of the Patna, an ageing local steamer that is transporting 800 Muslim pilgrims to Mecca. The narrative then jumps to an earlier occurrence where Jim missed his chance to display his mettle because he “leapt” too late.
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