...Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind 'waggled to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had_an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between...

...footsteps. Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind waggled to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were...chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically dinking. Another report from the cliff made me think sud.\ denly ofJthat ship of war I had seen firing...

...while a group of chained black men pass next to him: "Six black men advanced . . . erect and slow ... I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope." Marlow's description of the chain-gang is often anthologized for the vividness of its impressionistic...

...small haskets full of earth on their heads, and the clink képi time with their footsteps. [ . . . ] I could see every rib. the joints of their limbs were...a rope ; each had an iron collar on his neck, and ail were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking (22)...

...footsteps. Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind waggled to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were...connected together with a chain whose bights swung between diem, rhythmically clinking. Another report from the cliff made me diink suddenly of that ship of war...

...free labour working on a chain gang, as prison convicts - hence "criminals" - were often forced to do: "I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs...whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking ... But these men could by no stretch of the imagination be called enemies. They were called criminals,...

...footsteps. Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind wagged to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were...Another report from the cliff made me think suddenly ofthat ship of war I had seen firing into a continent. It was the same kind of ominous voice; but these...

..."Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind waggled to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were...neck, and all were connected together with a chain ..." (43). They are carrying baskets of earth up the hillside in an activity as senseless as the incomprehensible...

...footsteps. Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind waggled to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were...bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking. This black rag native with a tail is under ultimate control, cruel control. This is part of the policy...

...slow, balancing small baskets of earth on their heads, and the clink kept time with their footsteps ... I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were...were connected together with a chain whose bights sung between them, rhythmically clinking. Marlow's complex narrative stands in for an authorial voice....