Морской волк

Chapter 12

           Thesoundofblowsandscufflingcametoourears.Bothmenwerewounded,andhewasthrashingthembothforhavingdisobeyedhisordersandcrippledthemselvesinadvanceofthehuntingseason.Infact,theywerebadlywounded,and,havingthrashedthem,heproceededtooperateupontheminaroughsurgicalfashionandtodresstheirwounds.Iservedasassistantwhileheprobedandcleansedthepassagesmadebythebullets,andIsawthetwomenendurehiscrudesurgerywithoutanaestheticsandwithnomoretoupholdthemthanastifftumblerofwhisky.

           Then,inthefirstdog-watch,troublecametoaheadintheforecastle.Ittookitsriseoutofthetittle-tattleandtale-bearingwhichhadbeenthecauseofJohnson’sbeating,andfromthenoiseweheard,andfromthesightofthebruisedmennextday,itwaspatentthathalftheforecastlehadsoundlydrubbedtheotherhalf.

           Theseconddog-watchandthedaywerewoundupbyafightbetweenJohansenandthelean,Yankee-lookinghunter,Latimer.ItwascausedbyremarksofLatimer’sconcerningthenoisesmadebythemateinhissleep,andthoughJohansenwaswhipped,hekeptthesteerageawakefortherestofthenightwhileheblissfullyslumberedandfoughtthefightoverandoveragain.

           Asformyself,Iwasoppressedwithnightmare.Thedayhadbeenlikesomehorribledream.Brutalityhadfollowedbrutality,andflamingpassionsandcold-bloodedcrueltyhaddrivenmentoseekoneanother’slives,andtostrivetohurt,andmaim,anddestroy.Mynerveswereshocked.Myminditselfwasshocked.

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