Морской волк

Chapter 18

           Asnappybreezewasblowingfromthewestwiththepromiseofmorewindbehindit;andthere,toleeward,inthetroubledsilveroftherisingsun,appearedanddisappearedablackspeck.

           Wesquaredawayandranforit.Myheartwasaslead.Ifeltmyselfturningsickinanticipation;andasIlookedatthegleamoftriumphinWolfLarsen’seyes,hisformswambeforeme,andIfeltalmostirresistiblyimpelledtoflingmyselfuponhim.SounnervedwasIbythethoughtofimpendingviolencetoLeachandJohnsonthatmyreasonmusthaveleftme.IknowthatIslippeddownintothesteerageinadaze,andthatIwasjustbeginningtheascenttothedeck,aloadedshot-guninmyhands,whenIheardthestartledcry:

           "There’sfivemeninthatboat!"

           Isupportedmyselfinthecompanion-way,weakandtrembling,whiletheobservationwasbeingverifiedbytheremarksoftherestofthemen.ThenmykneesgavefromundermeandIsankdown,myselfagain,butovercomebyshockatknowledgeofwhatIhadsonearlydone.Also,IwasverythankfulasIputthegunawayandslippedbackondeck.

           Noonehadremarkedmyabsence.Theboatwasnearenoughforustomakeoutthatitwaslargerthananysealingboatandbuiltondifferentlines.Aswedrewcloser,thesailwastakeninandthemastunstepped.Oarswereshipped,anditsoccupantswaitedforustoheavetoandtakethemaboard.

           Smoke,whohaddescendedtothedeckandwasnowstandingbymyside,begantochuckleinasignificantway.Ilookedathiminquiringly.

           "Talkofamess!"hegiggled.

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