How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"'His uneasy eyes fastened upon mine, questioned, begged, challenged, entreated. For the life of me I couldn't help murmuring 'You've been tried.'" (10.24)
Jim's waiting for Marlow's own private verdict, and he's hoping it's a good one. He wants forgiveness, or at least understanding, from the man who is fast becoming his mentor. But Marlow doesn't want to play judge, probably because he's not sure he has all the facts yet.
Quote #5
"And a word carries far – very far – deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space. I said nothing; and he, out there with his back to the light, as if bound and gagged by all the invisible foes of man, made no stir and made no sound." (15.2)
Regardless of the verdict and sentence of Jim's official inquiry, the dude is punished more than enough when it comes to his future life. He is publicly shamed. Marlow uses a pitch-perfect metaphor here to describe the hit Jim's reputation takes. The bullets remind us of a firing squad, and the image of Jim bound and gagged reminds us of a prisoner, heading for the gallows.
Quote #6
"While there's life there is hope, truly; but there is fear too. I don't mean to say that I regret my action, nor will I pretend that I can't sleep o' nights in consequence; still the idea obtrudes itself that he made so much of his disgrace while it is the guilt alone that matters." (16.2)
Jim's public shame and his private guilt are two very different things to Marlow. Jim seems much more concerned with the shame side of things, but Marlow knows it's his inner guilt that matters. Do you think Marlow is worried that Jim is secretly tormenting himself? Or is he concerned that Jim does not feel guilty on the inside, which shows a lack of character in the young sailor?