Морской волк

Chapter 17

           Ididnotattempttoshout,butcommunicatedthenewstoWolfLarsenbywavingmyarm.Hechangedthecourse,andIsignalledaffirmationwhenthespeckshoweddeadahead.

           Itgrewlarger,andsoswiftlythatforthefirsttimeIfullyappreciatedthespeedofourflight.WolfLarsenmotionedformetocomedown,andwhenIstoodbesidehimatthewheelgavemeinstructionsforheavingto.

           "Expectallhelltobreakloose,"hecautionedme,"butdon’tmindit.YoursistodoyourownworkandtohaveCookystandbythefore-sheet."

           Imanagedtomakemywayforward,buttherewaslittlechoiceofsides,fortheweather-railseemedburiedasoftenasthelee.HavinginstructedThomasMugridgeastowhathewastodo,Iclamberedintothefore-riggingafewfeet.Theboatwasnowveryclose,andIcouldmakeoutplainlythatitwaslyingheadtowindandseaanddraggingonitsmastandsail,whichhadbeenthrownoverboardandmadetoserveasasea-anchor.Thethreemenwerebailing.Eachrollingmountainwhelmedthemfromview,andIwouldwaitwithsickeninganxiety,fearingthattheywouldneverappearagain.Then,andwithblacksuddenness,theboatwouldshootclearthroughthefoamingcrest,bowpointedtothesky,andthewholelengthofherbottomshowing,wetanddark,tillsheseemedonend.Therewouldbeafleetingglimpseofthethreemenflingingwaterinfrantichaste,whenshewouldtoppleoverandfallintotheyawningvalley,bowdownandshowingherfullinsidelengthtothesternuprearedalmostdirectlyabovethebow.

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