Морской волк

Chapter 28

           Coldandcheerless,thewindbeatingonourfaces,thewhiteseasroaringby,westruggledthroughtheday.Nightcame,butneitherofusslept.Daycame,andstillthewindbeatonourfacesandthewhiteseasroaredpast.BythesecondnightMaudwasfallingasleepfromexhaustion.Icoveredherwithoilskinsandatarpaulin.Shewascomparativelydry,butshewasnumbwiththecold.Ifearedgreatlythatshemightdieinthenight;butdaybroke,coldandcheerless,withthesamecloudedskyandbeatingwindandroaringseas.

           Ihadhadnosleepforforty-eighthours.Iwaswetandchilledtothemarrow,tillIfeltmoredeadthanalive.Mybodywasstifffromexertionaswellasfromcold,andmyachingmusclesgavemetheseveresttorturewheneverIusedthem,andIusedthemcontinually.Andallthetimewewerebeingdrivenoffintothenorth-east,directlyawayfromJapanandtowardbleakBeringSea.

           Andstillwelived,andtheboatlived,andthewindblewunabated.Infact,towardnightfallofthethirddayitincreasedatrifleandsomethingmore.Theboat’sbowplungedunderacrest,andwecamethroughquarter-fullofwater.Ibailedlikeamadman.Theliabilityofshippinganothersuchseawasenormouslyincreasedbythewaterthatweighedtheboatdownandrobbeditofitsbuoyancy.Andanothersuchseameanttheend.WhenIhadtheboatemptyagainIwasforcedtotakeawaythetarpaulinwhichcoveredMaud,inorderthatImightlashitdownacrossthebow.

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