...I desire it so ardently ? Was it for my own sake that I wished to find some shadow of an excuse for that young fellow whom I had never seen before, but...like a hint of a destructive fate ready for us all whos9 youth — in its day — had resembled his youth ? I fear that such was the secret motive of...

...I desire it so ardently? Was it for my own sake that I wished to find some shadow of an excuse for that young fellow whom I had never seen before, but...of his weakness — made it a thing of mystery and terrors-like a hint of a destructive fate ready for us all whose youth — in its day — had resembled...

...intensity of Marlow's sympathy. "The secret motive of my prying," Marlow early surmises, was that Jim's "appearance alone added a touch of personal concern...youth — in its day — had resembled his youth" (51). What Marlow originally saw behind Jim's shoulder were the unrealised aspirations, the foolish...

...chapter of Marlow's narrative: Was it for my own sake that I wished to find some shadow of an excuse for that young fellow whom I had never seen before, but...fear that such was the secret motive of my prying. (50 The radical of Marlow's narrative lies in this "secret motive." His own youthful illusions come...

...Marlow obliquely wonders, "Was it for my own sake that I wished to find some shadow of an excuse for that young fellow whom I had never seen before, but...added a touch of personal concern to the thoughts.. .[of] us all whose youth - in its day - had resembled his youth? I fear that such was the secret of...

...court of inquiry's attitude: Was it for my own sake that I wished to find some shadow of an excuse for that young fellow whom I had never seen before, but...whose youth— in its day— had resembled his youth? The hospitalized crew member's response is full of paranoia, with more reference to the serpent: "Quite...