Морской волк

Chapter 17

           Inhalf-an-hourIsightedthesecondone,swampedandbottomup,towhichweredesperatelyclingingJockHorner,fatLouis,andJohnson.ThistimeIremainedaloft,andWolfLarsensucceededinheavingtowithoutbeingswept.Asbefore,wedrifteddownuponit.Tacklesweremadefastandlinesflungtothemen,whoscrambledaboardlikemonkeys.Theboatitselfwascrushedandsplinteredagainsttheschooner’ssideasitcameinboard;butthewreckwassecurelylashed,foritcouldbepatchedandmadewholeagain.

           OncemoretheGhostboreawaybeforethestorm,thistimesosubmergingherselfthatforsomesecondsIthoughtshewouldneverreappear.Eventhewheel,quiteadealhigherthanthewaist,wascoveredandsweptagainandagain.AtsuchmomentsIfeltstrangelyalonewithGod,alonewithhimandwatchingthechaosofhiswrath.Andthenthewheelwouldreappear,andWolfLarsen’sbroadshoulders,hishandsgrippingthespokesandholdingtheschoonertothecourseofhiswill,himselfanearth-god,dominatingthestorm,flingingitsdescendingwatersfromhimandridingittohisownends.Andoh,themarvelofit!themarvelofit!Thattinymenshouldliveandbreatheandwork,anddrivesofrailacontrivanceofwoodandcloththroughsotremendousanelementalstrife.

           Asbefore,theGhostswungoutofthetrough,liftingherdeckagainoutofthesea,anddashedbeforethehowlingblast.Itwasnowhalf-pastfive,andhalf-an-hourlater,whenthelastofthedaylostitselfinadimandfurioustwilight,Isightedathirdboat.

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