“In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver. Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals. They, no doubt, like the rest of us, found what they deserved. I did not inquire.”
Marlow watches the Eldorado Exploring Expedition fix themselves up and then retreat from the Central Station. The mysterious report is the only news he receives regarding their destiny. This ironic quote is characteristic of Marlow; it connotes that he has solely come to see white men as "less valuable animals." Moreover, Marlow has already come to doubt the establishment of the Expedition's fate; thus, he does not seek additional information about the journey. "Patient wilderness" connotes that the Expedition's future is insignificant even with larger calamities and meaningless when considered in the essence of nature's timespan.
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