Морской волк

Chapter 36

           Infact,weslepttillthreeintheafternoon,oratleastIdid,forIawoketofindMaudcookingdinner.Herpowerofrecuperationwaswonderful.Therewassomethingtenaciousaboutthatlily-frailbodyofhers,aclutchonexistencewhichonecouldnotreconcilewithitspatentweakness.

           "YouknowIwastravellingtoJapanformyhealth,"shesaid,aswelingeredatthefireafterdinneranddelightedinthemovelessnessofloafing."Iwasnotverystrong.Ineverwas.Thedoctorsrecommendedaseavoyage,andIchosethelongest."

           "Youlittleknewwhatyouwerechoosing,"Ilaughed.

           "ButIshallbeadifferentwomenfortheexperience,aswellasastrongerwoman,"sheanswered;"and,Ihopeabetterwoman.AtleastIshallunderstandagreatdealmorelife."

           Then,astheshortdaywaned,wefelltodiscussingWolfLarsen’sblindness.Itwasinexplicable.Andthatitwasgrave,IinstancedhisstatementthatheintendedtostayanddieonEndeavourIsland.Whenhe,strongmanthathewas,lovinglifeashedid,acceptedhisdeath,itwasplainthathewastroubledbysomethingmorethanmereblindness.Therehadbeenhisterrificheadaches,andwewereagreedthatitwassomesortofbrainbreak-down,andthatinhisattacksheenduredpainbeyondourcomprehension.

           Inoticedaswetalkedoverhiscondition,thatMaud’ssympathywentouttohimmoreandmore;yetIcouldnotbutloveherforit,sosweetlywomanlywasit.Besides,therewasnofalsesentimentaboutherfeeling.

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