Морской волк

Chapter 10

           Unpossessedofconscienceormoralinstinct,youmighthavemasteredtheworld,brokenittoyourhand.Andyethereyouare,atthetopofyourlife,wherediminishinganddyingbegin,livinganobscureandsordidexistence,huntingseaanimalsforthesatisfactionofwoman’svanityandloveofdecoration,revellinginapiggishness,touseyourownwords,whichisanythingandeverythingexceptsplendid.Why,withallthatwonderfulstrength,haveyounotdonesomething?Therewasnothingtostopyou,nothingthatcouldstopyou.Whatwaswrong?Didyoulackambition?Didyoufallundertemptation?Whatwasthematter?Whatwasthematter?"

           Hehadliftedhiseyestomeatthecommencementofmyoutburst,andfollowedmecomplacentlyuntilIhaddoneandstoodbeforehimbreathlessanddismayed.Hewaitedamoment,asthoughseekingwheretobegin,andthensaid:

           "Hump,doyouknowtheparableofthesowerwhowentforthtosow?Ifyouwillremember,someoftheseedfelluponstonyplaces,wheretherewasnotmuchearth,andforthwiththeysprungupbecausetheyhadnodeepnessofearth.Andwhenthesunwasuptheywerescorched,andbecausetheyhadnoroottheywitheredaway.Andsomefellamongthorns,andthethornssprungupandchokedthem."

           "Well?"Isaid.

           "Well?"hequeried,halfpetulantly."Itwasnotwell.Iwasoneofthoseseeds."

           Hedroppedhisheadtothescaleandresumedthecopying.Ifinishedmyworkandhadopenedthedoortoleave,whenhespoketome.

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