Морской волк

Chapter 33

           Ididnotinquirewhyhehadnotbeenashore,nordidheaskwhyIhadnotcomeaboard.Hisheadwasallrightagain,hesaid,andso,withoutfurtherparley,Ilefthim.

           Maudreceivedmyreportwithobviousrelief,andthesightofsmokewhichlaterroseinthegalleyputherinamorecheerfulmood.Thenextday,andthenext,wesawthegalleysmokerising,andsometimeswecaughtglimpsesofhimonthepoop.Butthatwasall.Hemadenoattempttocomeashore.Thisweknew,forwestillmaintainedournight-watches.Wewerewaitingforhimtodosomething,toshowhishand,sotosay,andhisinactionpuzzledandworriedus.

           Aweekofthispassedby.WehadnootherinterestthanWolfLarsen,andhispresenceweighedusdownwithanapprehensionwhichpreventedusfromdoinganyofthelittlethingswehadplanned.

           Butattheendoftheweekthesmokeceasedrisingfromthegalley,andhenolongershowedhimselfonthepoop.IcouldseeMaud’ssolicitudeagaingrowing,thoughshetimidlyandevenproudly,Ithinkforborearepetitionofherrequest.Afterall,whatcensurecouldbeputuponher?Shewasdivinelyaltruistic,andshewasawoman.Besides,IwasmyselfawareofhurtatthoughtofthismanwhomIhadtriedtokill,dyingalonewithhisfellow-creaturessonear.Hewasright.ThecodeofmygroupwasstrongerthanI.Thefactthathehadhands,feet,andabodyshapedsomewhatlikemine,constitutedaclaimwhichIcouldnotignore.

           SoIdidnotwaitasecondtimeforMaudtosendme.

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