Морской волк

Chapter 15

           Howinhelldidheknowitwasyouinthedark?"

           Kellysubsidedwithsomemuttering,andtheKanakaflashedhiswhiteteethinagratefulsmile.Hewasabeautifulcreature,almostfeminineinthepleasinglinesofhisfigure,andtherewasasoftnessanddreaminessinhislargeeyeswhichseemedtocontradicthiswell-earnedreputationforstrifeandaction.

           "Howdidhegetaway?"Johnsonasked.

           Hewassittingonthesideofhisbunk,thewholeposeofhisfigureindicatingutterdejectionandhopelessness.Hewasstillbreathingheavilyfromtheexertionhehadmade.Hisshirthadbeenrippedentirelyfromhiminthestruggle,andbloodfromagashinthecheekwasflowingdownhisnakedchest,markingaredpathacrosshiswhitethighanddrippingtothefloor.

           "Becauseheisthedevil,asItoldyoubefore,"wasLeach’sanswer;andthereathewasonhisfeetandraginghisdisappointmentwithtearsinhiseyes.

           "Andnotoneofyoutogetaknife!"washisunceasinglament.

           Buttherestofthehandshadalivelyfearofconsequencestocomeandgavenoheedtohim.

           "How’llheknowwhichwaswhich?"Kellyasked,andashewentonhelookedmurderouslyabouthim"unlessoneofuspeaches."

           "He’llknowassoonaseverheclapseyesonus,"Parsonsreplied."Onelookatyou’dbeenough."

           "Tellhimthedeckfloppedupandgougedyerteethoutivyerjaw,"Louisgrinned.Hewastheonlymanwhowasnotoutofhisbunk,andhewasjubilantinthathepossessednobruisestoadvertisethathehadhadahandinthenight’swork.

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