...an irritating pretence, because I felt so sure they could not possibly know the things I knew. Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace...the outrageous flauntings of folly in the face of a clanger it is unable to comprehend. I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty...

...point is that Marlow's self-disgust colours all he sees: the 'intruders' in the 'sepulchral city' whose 'bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace...the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend'. Marlow 'totter[s]' (p. 114) about the streets, finds the official who comes for Kurtz's papers 'darkly...

...going about their daily, routine business. Marlow describes these "intruders" upon his sensibility as "commonplace individuals going about their business in the assurance of perfect safety"; and Marlow goes on to compare such typical insouciance as being "like the outrageous flauntings of...

...unwholesome beer, to dream their insignificant and silly dreams. They trespassed upon my thoughts. . . .Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace...flauntings of folly in the face of a danger it is impossible to comprehend. I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in...

...point is that Marlow's self-disgust colors all he sees: the "intruders" in the "sepulchral city" whose "bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace...perfect safety, was offensive to me like the outrageous flautings of folly in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend." Marlow "totter[sj" about the...

...an irritating pretence, because I felt so sure they could not possibly know the things I knew. Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace...laughing in their faces so full of stupid importance. 169 A Kafkasque company man visits Marlow believing that Marlow has valuable information about Kurtz's...

...an irritating pretence, because I felt so sure they could not possibly know the things I knew. Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace...in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend. (152) Marlow sees these people as deluded and criticizes them because they do not know what he knows:...

...things I knew. Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace individuals going about then: business in the assurance of perfect safety, was offensive to me like the outrageous fiauntings of folly in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend. I had no particular desire...