Морской волк

Chapter 12

           Ihadjustfinishedsweepingthecabin,andhadbeeninveigledbyWolfLarsenintoadiscussionofHamlet,hisfavouriteShakespeariancharacter,whenJohansendescendedthecompanionstairsfollowedbyJohnson.Thelatter’scapcameoffafterthecustomofthesea,andhestoodrespectfullyinthecentreofthecabin,swayingheavilyanduneasilytotherolloftheschoonerandfacingthecaptain.

           "Shutthedoorsanddrawtheslide,"WolfLarsensaidtome.

           AsIobeyedInoticedananxiouslightcomeintoJohnson’seyes,butIdidnotdreamofitscause.Ididnotdreamofwhatwastooccuruntilitdidoccur,butheknewfromtheveryfirstwhatwascomingandawaiteditbravely.AndinhisactionIfoundcompleterefutationofallWolfLarsen’smaterialism.ThesailorJohnsonwasswayedbyidea,byprinciple,andtruth,andsincerity.Hewasright,heknewhewasright,andhewasunafraid.Hewoulddiefortherightifneedsbe,hewouldbetruetohimself,sincerewithhissoul.Andinthiswasportrayedthevictoryofthespiritovertheflesh,theindomitabilityandmoralgrandeurofthesoulthatknowsnorestrictionandrisesabovetimeandspaceandmatterwithasuretyandinvinciblenessbornofnothingelsethaneternityandimmortality.

           Buttoreturn.InoticedtheanxiouslightinJohnson’seyes,butmistookitforthenativeshynessandembarrassmentoftheman.Themate,Johansen,stoodawayseveralfeettothesideofhim,andfullythreeyardsinfrontofhimsatWolfLarsenononeofthepivotalcabinchairs.

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