Морской волк

Chapter 3

           Therewasanominousandworriedexpressionontheirfaces.Itwasevidentthattheydidnotliketheoutlookofavoyageundersuchacaptainandbegunsoinauspiciously.FromtimetotimetheystoleglancesatWolfLarsen,andIcouldseethattheywereapprehensiveoftheman.

           Hesteppeduptothehatch-cover,andallcapscameoff.Iranmyeyesoverthemtwentymenalltold;twenty-twoincludingthemanatthewheelandmyself.Iwaspardonablycuriousinmysurvey,foritappearedmyfatetobepentupwiththemonthisminiaturefloatingworldforIknewnothowmanyweeksormonths.Thesailors,inthemain,wereEnglishandScandinavian,andtheirfacesseemedoftheheavy,stolidorder.Thehunters,ontheotherhand,hadstrongerandmorediversifiedfaces,withhardlinesandthemarksofthefreeplayofpassions.Strangetosay,andInoteditallonce,WolfLarsen’sfeaturesshowednosuchevilstamp.Thereseemednothingviciousinthem.True,therewerelines,buttheywerethelinesofdecisionandfirmness.Itseemed,rather,afrankandopencountenance,whichfranknessoropennesswasenhancedbythefactthathewassmooth-shaven.Icouldhardlybelieveuntilthenextincidentoccurredthatitwasthefaceofamanwhocouldbehaveashehadbehavedtothecabin-boy.

           Atthismoment,asheopenedhismouthtospeak,puffafterpuffstrucktheschoonerandpressedhersideunder.Thewindshriekedawildsongthroughtherigging.Someofthehuntersglancedanxiouslyaloft.

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