因為那是二十年的大海當然也包括那六個月的非洲溯河之行意思是說那個年頭船開得很慢所以你被養成巨大的元素性的耐心然後你上岸了我很高興康拉德曾後悔對這個決定
David Bone was fond of quoting JC’s comment to
him on the publication of his novel, The Brassbounder (1910): “Stick to the
ship. If I had known that writing would take me away from the sea, I would
never have published a line.”
Joseph Conrad Memories and Impressions An
Annotated Bibliography, by Martin Ray, Rodopi, 2007, p. 120
