Морской волк

Chapter 33

           Idiscoveredthatwestoodinneedofcondensedmilkandmarmalade,andannouncedthatIwasgoingaboard.Icouldseethatshewavered.Sheevenwentsofarastomurmurthattheywerenon-essentialsandthatmytripafterthemmightbeinexpedient.Andasshehadfollowedthetrendofmysilence,shenowfollowedthetrendofmyspeech,andsheknewthatIwasgoingaboard,notbecauseofcondensedmilkandmarmalade,butbecauseofherandofheranxiety,whichsheknewshehadfailedtohide.

           ItookoffmyshoeswhenIgainedtheforecastlehead,andwentnoiselesslyaftinmystockingfeet.NordidIcallthistimefromthetopofthecompanion-way.Cautiouslydescending,Ifoundthecabindeserted.Thedoortohisstate-roomwasclosed.AtfirstIthoughtofknocking,thenIrememberedmyostensibleerrandandresolvedtocarryitout.Carefullyavoidingnoise,Iliftedthetrap-doorinthefloorandsetittooneside.Theslop-chest,aswellastheprovisions,wasstoredinthelazarette,andItookadvantageoftheopportunitytolayinastockofunderclothing.

           AsIemergedfromthelazaretteIheardsoundsinWolfLarsen’sstate-room.Icrouchedandlistened.Thedoor-knobrattled.Furtively,instinctively,Islunkbackbehindthetableanddrewandcockedmyrevolver.Thedoorswungopenandhecameforth.NeverhadIseensoprofoundadespairasthatwhichIsawonhisfacethefaceofWolfLarsenthefighter,thestrongman,theindomitableone.Foralltheworldlikeawomanwringingherhands,heraisedhisclenchedfistsandgroaned.

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