The French lieutenant is a character who witnessed the Patna incident without understanding what was going on. Despite his lack of understanding, his account helps fill in some gaps in Jim’s story for Marlow. The French lieutenant shows how having an outside perspective can help a person discover come closer to understanding the truth.
The French Lieutenant Quotes in Lord Jim
The Lord Jim quotes below are all either spoken by The French Lieutenant or refer to The French Lieutenant. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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‘“Pray—tell me,” he began, coming up ponderously, “what was there at the bottom of this affair—precisely (au juste)? It is curious. That dead man, for instance—and so on.”’
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The French Lieutenant Quotes in Lord Jim
The Lord Jim quotes below are all either spoken by The French Lieutenant or refer to The French Lieutenant. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 13
Quotes
‘“Pray—tell me,” he began, coming up ponderously, “what was there at the bottom of this affair—precisely (au juste)? It is curious. That dead man, for instance—and so on.”’
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