Морской волк

Chapter 28

           "Ibegyourpardon,"Isaid.

           "Youhaveconvincedmeofyoursincerity,"shesaid,withafaintsmile."Idoknow,now,thatweshallgoclear."

           Ihadseenadistantheadlandpasttheextremeedgeofthepromontory,andaswelookedwecouldseegrowtheinterveningcoastlineofwhatwasevidentlyadeepcove.Atthesametimetherebrokeuponourearsacontinuousandmightybellowing.Itpartookofthemagnitudeandvolumeofdistantthunder,anditcametousdirectlyfromleeward,risingabovethecrashofthesurfandtravellingdirectlyintheteethofthestorm.Aswepassedthepointthewholecoveburstuponourview,ahalf-moonofwhitesandybeachuponwhichbrokeahugesurf,andwhichwascoveredwithmyriadsofseals.Itwasfromthemthatthegreatbellowingwentup.

           "Arookery!"Icried."Nowareweindeedsaved.Theremustbemenandcruiserstoprotectthemfromtheseal-hunters.Possiblythereisastationashore."

           ButasIstudiedthesurfwhichbeatuponthebeach,Isaid,"Stillbad,butnotsobad.Andnow,ifthegodsbetrulykind,weshalldriftbythatnextheadlandandcomeuponaperfectlyshelteredbeach,wherewemaylandwithoutwettingourfeet."

           Andthegodswerekind.Thefirstandsecondheadlandsweredirectlyinlinewiththesouth-westwind;butoncearoundthesecondandwewentperilouslynearwepickedupthethirdheadland,stillinlinewiththewindandwiththeothertwo

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