Heart of Darkness: End of Chapter 2

The helmsman attack Marlow's ship.  After large bloodshed, Marlow survives, but because of the absence of Kurtz he and other shipmates assume he is dead from the fight.  As they move along, Marlow seems to understand and learn more about Kurtz mysterious ways and life.  He finds out as well that he has a fiancé, one that he never talks about ironic enough to the fact that he talks so much about everything else.  Later while they are heading toward an island, Marlow and the others dock and see the Russian Trader and says that Kurtz survived as well, but they don't want him to leave because his knowledge is too valuable.  He has taught them so much the trader says.