Морской волк

Chapter 25

           Nowhestudiedtheseatowindwardforsignsofthewindslackeningorfreshening,nowtheMacedonia;andagain,hiseyesrovedovereverysail,andhegavecommandstoslackasheethereatrifle,tocomeinononethereatrifle,tillhewasdrawingoutoftheGhostthelastbitofspeedshepossessed.Allfeudsandgrudgeswereforgotten,andIwassurprisedatthealacritywithwhichthemenwhohadsolongenduredhisbrutalitysprangtoexecutehisorders.Strangetosay,theunfortunateJohnsoncameintomymindasweliftedandsurgedandheeledalong,andIwasawareofaregretthathewasnotaliveandpresent;hehadsolovedtheGhostanddelightedinhersailingpowers.

           "Bettergetyourrifles,youfellows,"WolfLarsencalledtoourhunters;andthefivemenlinedtheleerail,gunsinhand,andwaited.

           TheMacedoniawasnowbutamileaway,theblacksmokepouringfromherfunnelatarightangle,somadlysheraced,poundingthroughtheseaataseventeen-knotgait"‘Sky-hootingthroughthebrine,"asWolfLarsenquotedwhilegazingather.Wewerenotmakingmorethannineknots,butthefog-bankwasverynear.

           ApuffofsmokebrokefromtheMacedonia’sdeck,weheardaheavyreport,andaroundholetookforminthestretchedcanvasofourmainsail.Theywereshootingatuswithoneofthesmallcannonwhichrumourhadsaidtheycarriedonboard.Ourmen,clusteringamidships,wavedtheirhatsandraisedaderisivecheer.

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