Морской волк

Chapter 25

           Areturnofapprehensionwasapparentwhen,atthetopofthecompanion-way,WolfLarseninvitedhimbelow.Buthereassuredhimselfwithaglancedownathishostabigmanhimselfbutdwarfedbythepropinquityofthegiant.Soallhesitancyvanished,andthepairdescendedintothecabin.Inthemeantime,histwomen,aswasthewontofvisitingsailors,hadgoneforwardintotheforecastletodosomevisitingthemselves.

           Suddenly,fromthecabincameagreat,chokingbellow,followedbyallthesoundsofafuriousstruggle.Itwastheleopardandthelion,andthelionmadeallthenoise.WolfLarsenwastheleopard.

           "Youseethesacrednessofourhospitality,"IsaidbitterlytoMaudBrewster.

           Shenoddedherheadthatsheheard,andInotedinherfacethesignsofthesamesicknessatsightorsoundofviolentstrugglefromwhichIhadsufferedsoseverelyduringmyfirstweeksontheGhost.

           "Wouldn’titbebetterifyouwentforward,saybythesteeragecompanion-way,untilitisover?"Isuggested.

           Sheshookherheadandgazedatmepitifully.Shewasnotfrightened,butappalled,rather,atthehumananimalityofit.

           "Youwillunderstand,"Itookadvantageoftheopportunitytosay,"whateverpartItakeinwhatisgoingonandwhatistocome,thatIamcompelledtotakeitifyouandIareevertogetoutofthisscrapewithourlives."

           "Itisnotniceforme,"Iadded.

           "Iunderstand,"shesaid,inaweak,far-awayvoice,andhereyesshowedmethatshedidunderstand.

           Thesoundsfrombelowsoondiedaway.

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