كان المجتمع يدعو ابنه النابه أن يعود، ليُرعى، ويُهذَّب، ويُحاكَم، ويُدان؛ كان يدعوه إلى كومة النفايات التي تاه عنها، ليتحقق العدل.

“Society was calling to its accomplished child to come, to be taken care of, to be instructed, to be judged, to be condemned; it called him to return to that rubbish heap from which he had wandered away, so that justice could be done.”Joseph Conrad — Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Including His Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays: Unforgettable Tales like Heart of Darkness, Point of Honor, Falk, Secret Sharer, The Return & Freya of Seven Isles (2015)