Marlow insists that Jim allow him to help him and makes Jim read the letter he had written and wanted Jim to take. Jim is at first derisive but then wholly appreciative, excited and extremely thankful, realizing that Marlow has given him what he wanted: a clean slate. And with this, he does at last depart.
Through Marlow, Jim receives the one thing he thinks he needs. Jim is under the illusion that all he needs is.....
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