Joseph Conrad: A Credo of Visualisation; Part-3

... The Director of Companies was our Captain and our host..
... On the whole river there was nothing that looked half so nautical. He resembled a pilot which to a seaman is trustworthiness personified...
...The lawyer- the best of old fellows had because of his many years and many virtues, the only cushion on the deck, and was lying on the only rug...
... The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes and was toying with them architecturally. Marlow sat cross-legged right aft, leaning against the Mizzen mast. He had sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion , a straight back, an ascetic aspect and with his arms dropped resembled an idol...(p.5 &p 6)
" Mind", he began again, lifting one arm from from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards so that with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes.(p.9&p10) Here , the god-like narrator oversees the scenic details of the Nellie, swaying on the Thames and with a chess-player's accuracy, places the characters on board the Nellie, with thumb-nail sketches tagged on , describing not only, the 'virtual' present but also dipping into the characters' backgrounds and future possibilities.

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007