 I felt like a chill grip on my chest. ' Don't,' I said, in a muffled voice. " ' Forgive me. I — I — have mourned so long in silence — in silence. . . . You were with him — to the last? I think of his loneliness. Nobody near to understand him as...  Youth: And Two Other Stories - Page 183by Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...suddenly very low, ' He died as he lived.' " * His end,' said I, with dull anger stirring in me, c was in every way worthy of his life.' " ' And I was...understand him as I would have understood. Perhaps no one t» hear. . . .' " ' To the very end,' I said, shakily. ' I heard his very last words. . . . ' I stopped... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Abuse of administrative power - 1903 - 360 pages
...but I believed in him more than any one on earth — more than his own mother, more than — himself. He needed me! Me! I would have treasured every sigh,...felt like a chill grip on my chest. 'Don't,' I said, hi a muffled voice. "'Forgive me. I — I — have mourned so long in silence — in silence. . . .... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 360 pages
...than his own mother, more than—himself. He needed me! Me! I would have treasured every sigh~Tevery word, every sign, every glance.' "I felt like a chill...'Don't,' I said, in a muffled voice. '"Forgive me. I—I—have mourned so long lin silence—in silence. . . . You were with him—to the last? I think... | |
 | Ethan Allen Cross - Short story - 1928 - 524 pages
...but I believed in him more than anyone on earth — more than his own mother, more than — himself. He needed me ! Me ! I would have treasured every sigh, every word, every sign, every glance.' " I felt a chill grip my chest. ' Don't.' I said, in a muffled voice. ' ' ' Forgive me. I1 — I — have mourned... | |
 | 1900 - 874 pages
...Me! I would have treasured every sigh, every murmur, every wordf every sign, every glance.' "I felt a chill grip on my chest. 'Don't,' I said in a muffled voice. " 'Forgive me. I— I have mourned1 so long in silence— In silence. . . .Youi were with him— to the last? I think of his loneliness.... | |
 | Tzvetan Todorov - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1990 - 150 pages
...another symbolic image: Kurtz's Intended dreams of what she could have done if she had been with him: "I would have treasured every sigh, every word, every sign, every glance" (78): she would have made a collection of signs. Marlow's narrative opens, moreover, with a parable... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Fiction - 1995 - 244 pages
..."Ah, but I believed in him more than anyone on earth - more than his own mother, more than - himself. He needed me! Me! I would have treasured every sigh,..."Don't," I said, in a muffled voice. ' "Forgive me. I - 1 - have mourned so long in silence - in silence . . . You were with him - to the last? I think of... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Fiction - 1995 - 228 pages
..."Ah, but I believed in him more than any one on earth more than his own mother, more than - himself. He needed me! Me! I would have treasured every sigh,...on my chest. "Don't," I said, in a muffled voice. 122 ' "Forgive me. I - I - have mourned so long in silence - in silence. . . . You were with him -... | |
 | Kirby Farrell - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 446 pages
...him more than any one on earth," the woman cries, "more than his own mother, more than— himself. He needed me! Me! I would have treasured every sigh, every word, every sign, every glance" (HD 78). Love here is economic, a matter of "treasuring," of value making. In the fiancee's innocent... | |
 | Tim Crook - Radio plays - 1999 - 328 pages
...treasured every sigh, every word, every sign, every glance. 32 MARLOW Don't, please . . . 33 INTENDED WOMAN Forgive me ... I - I have mourned so long in silence...of his loneliness. Nobody near to understand him as 1 would have understood. Perhaps no one to hear . . . 34 MARLOW To the very end ... I heard his very... | |
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