Heart of Darkness 3.

1.) “…We looked at the venerable stream…. But in the august light of abiding memories…” (Conrad 6)

The river has been serving people with no restraint day in and day out for ages by saying that it does not come and depart for ages means that it never departs; the river serves every day and every night, never leaving. Conrad is stating that memories last forever, they come from the past and continue on into the future, much like the use of the river; memories never stop and neither does the river.