Морской волк

Chapter 34

           Bycrossingandlashingtheendsoftwospars,andthenelevatingthemintheairlikeaninverted"V,"Icouldgetapointabovethedecktowhichtomakefastmyhoistingtackle.TothishoistingtackleIcould,ifnecessary,attachasecondhoistingtackle.Andthentherewasthewindlass!

           MaudsawthatIhadachievedasolution,andhereyeswarmedsympathetically.

           "Whatareyougoingtodo?"sheasked.

           "Clearthatraffle,"Ianswered,pointingtothetangledwreckageoverside.

           Ah,thedecisiveness,theverysoundofthewords,wasgoodinmyears."Clearthatraffle!"ImaginesosaltyaphraseonthelipsoftheHumphreyVanWeydenofafewmonthsgone!

           Theremusthavebeenatouchofthemelodramaticinmyposeandvoice,forMaudsmiled.Herappreciationoftheridiculouswaskeen,andinallthingssheunerringlysawandfelt,whereitexisted,thetouchofsham,theovershading,theovertone.Itwasthiswhichhadgivenpoiseandpenetrationtoherownworkandmadeherofworthtotheworld.Theseriouscritic,withthesenseofhumourandthepowerofexpression,mustinevitablycommandtheworld’sear.Andsoitwasthatshehadcommanded.Hersenseofhumourwasreallytheartist’sinstinctforproportion.

           "I’msureI’vehearditbefore,somewhere,inbooks,"shemurmuredgleefully.

           Ihadaninstinctforproportionmyself,andIcollapsedforthwith,descendingfromthedominantposeofamasterofmattertoastateofhumbleconfusionwhichwas,tosaytheleast,verymiserable.

           Herhandleaptoutatoncetomine.

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