Поиск - Joseph Conrad

I heard her weeping; she had hidden her face in her hands. It seemed to me that the house would collapse before I could escape, that the heavens would fall upon my head. But nothing happened. The heavens do not fall for such a trifle. Would they have...

It all starts when one night Jim, the chief mate of the ship Patna, abandons all the pilgrims in the ship and jumps into a lifeboat with the captain and the other crew. Jim does not know the reason behind his act, and he tries to cover his behaviour...