Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A cikin Nellie, wanda aka kafa a cikin Kogin Thames kusa da Gravesend, Charles Marlow ya gaya wa abokan aikinsa game da abubuwan da suka haifar da nadin sa a matsayin kyaftin din jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na kamfanin cinikin hauren giwa. Yayinda yake yaro, Marlow ya kasance mai ban sha'awa da "sararin sarari" a kan taswira, musamman ta hanyar mafi girma, wanda lokacin da ya girma ba shi da komai amma ya zama "wurin duhu" (Conrad 10). Duk da haka ya kasance babban kogi, "kamar maciji mai girma wanda ba a buɗe ba, tare da kansa a cikin teku, jikinsa a hutawa yana lankwasawa nesa da ƙasa mai faɗi kuma wutsiyarsa ta ɓace a cikin zurfin ƙasar" (Conrad 10). Hoton wannan kogin a kan taswirar ya burge Marlow "kamar yadda maciji zai zama tsuntsu" (Conrad 10). Da yake jin kamar "maimakon zuwa tsakiyar nahiyar da nake shirin tafiya zuwa tsakiyar duniya", Marlow ya shiga jirgin ruwa na Faransa da ke zuwa gabar Afirka sannan ya shiga ciki (Conrad 18). Bayan fiye da kwanaki talatin jirgin ya sauka daga wurin zama na gwamnati kusa da bakin babban kogi. Marlow, tare da har yanzu wasu mil ɗari biyu da tafiya, ya ɗauki hanya a kan wani ɗan ƙaramin jirgin ruwa na teku wanda wani ɗan Sweden ya jagoranci. Ya tashi kimanin mil talatin sama da kogin inda tashar kamfaninsa take. Ana ci gaba da aiki a kan layin dogo, wanda ya shafi cire duwatsu tare da abubuwan fashewa. Marlow ya shiga wani kunkuntar kwari don yin yawo a cikin inuwa a ƙarƙashin bishiyoyi, kuma ya sami kansa a cikin "da'irar duhu na wasu Inferno": wurin yana cike da 'yan Afirka marasa lafiya waɗanda suka yi aiki a layin dogo kuma yanzu suna jiran mutuwarsu, jikinsu marasa lafiya sun riga sun zama kamar iska (Conrad 24<unk>25). Marlow ya shaida abin da ya faru "mai ban tsoro" (Conrad 26).  Tambaya: me Kyaftin Charles Mallow ya gaya wa abokan aikinsa?
abubuwan da suka sa aka nada shi a matsayin kyaftin din jirgin ruwa