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A cry is heard from the jungle. Cannibals want to eat the people they hear. Marlow understands because they must be very hungry. Marlow thinks that the natives will not attack, but they do. Marlow's helmsman dies and he feels sorry for him, but blames it on his "lack of restraint". Marlow is also disappointed that he might not meet Kurtz.
As Marlow waits for the caravan
to go to the next station, he meets
the chief Accountant. Marlow is impressed by the accountant. "He was amazing".
Marlow is annoyed at the fact
that his ship sunk and he has to fix it. "It presented itself as a confounded nuisance"
Marlow finds the trip a little bit scary and doesn't like not doing anything. "The idleness of a passenger, my isolation amongst all these men with whom I had no point of contact, the oily and languid sea, the uniform somberness of the coast, seemed to keep me away from the truth of things, within the toils of a mournful and scornful delusion"
Marlow convinces himself that he had nothing to do with the exploitation and horror he sees around him. Marlow also feels he has power over the savages.
Marlow thinks that the general manager is a normal man but has an uneasiness to him. When Marlow finds out that Kurtz is ill he feels tired and irritable. "I felt weary and irritable".
Marlow travels 200 miles over land with the caravan to get to the Central station. On his journey, Marlow remarks that he is becoming "scientifically interesting".
The station is not in very good condition when Marlow arrives. There are piles of decaying machinery and cliffs being blown up for no reason. He also sees black prisoners. Marlow doesn't like what people are doing to African prisoners. "These were strong, lusty, red eyed devils, that swayed and drove men-men, I tell you."