...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...

...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. . . ....

...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...

...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...

...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....

...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...

..."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...

..."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 -...

...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...

...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...