Морской волк

Chapter 25

           "I’llbeatyouout,andIhopeyounoworsethanthatyourackyouroldenginesintoscrap."

           Whenwehoveto,ahastythoughorderlyconfusionreigned.Theboatscameaboardfromeverysideatonce.Asfastastheprisonerscameovertherailtheyweremarshalledforwardtotheforecastlebyourhunters,whileoursailorshoistedintheboats,pell-mell,droppingthemanywhereuponthedeckandnotstoppingtolashthem.Wewerealreadyunderway,allsailssetanddrawing,andthesheetsbeingslackedoffforawindabeam,asthelastboatliftedclearofthewaterandswunginthetackles.

           Therewasneedforhaste.TheMacedonia,belchingtheblackestofsmokefromherfunnel,waschargingdownuponusfromoutofthenorth-east.Neglectingtheboatsthatremainedtoher,shehadalteredhercoursesoastoanticipateours.Shewasnotrunningstraightforus,butaheadofus.Ourcourseswereconverginglikethesidesofanangle,thevertexofwhichwasattheedgeofthefog-bank.Itwasthere,ornotatall,thattheMacedoniacouldhopetocatchus.ThehopefortheGhostlayinthatsheshouldpassthatpointbeforetheMacedoniaarrivedatit.

           WolfLarsenwassteering,hiseyesglisteningandsnappingastheydweltuponandleapedfromdetailtodetailofthechase.

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