Морской волк

Chapter 37

           ItwassothickintheconfinedspacethatIwascompelledtofeelmyway;andsopotentwasthespellofWolfLarsenonmyimagination,Iwasquitepreparedforthehelplessgianttogripmyneckinastranglehold.Ihesitated,thedesiretoracebackandupthestepstothedeckalmostoverpoweringme.ThenIrecollectedMaud.Thevisionofher,asIhadlastseenher,inthelanternlightoftheschooner’shold,herbrowneyeswarmandmoistwithjoy,flashedbeforeme,andIknewthatIcouldnotgoback.

           IwaschokingandsuffocatingbythetimeIreachedWolfLarsen’sbunk.Ireachedmyhandandfeltforhis.Hewaslyingmotionless,butmovedslightlyatthetouchofmyhand.Ifeltoverandunderhisblankets.Therewasnowarmth,nosignoffire.Yetthatsmokewhichblindedmeandmademecoughandgaspmusthaveasource.Ilostmyheadtemporarilyanddashedfranticallyaboutthesteerage.Acollisionwiththetablepartiallyknockedthewindfrommybodyandbroughtmetomyself.Ireasonedthatahelplessmancouldstartafireonlyneartowherehelay.

           IreturnedtoWolfLarsen’sbunk.ThereIencounteredMaud.HowlongshehadbeenthereinthatsuffocatingatmosphereIcouldnotguess.

           "Goupondeck!"Icommandedperemptorily.

           "But,Humphrey"shebegantoprotestinaqueer,huskyvoice.

           "Please!please!"Ishoutedatherharshly.

           Shedrewawayobediently,andthenIthought,Whatifshecannotfindthesteps?Istartedafterher,tostopatthefootofthecompanion-way.Perhapsshehadgoneup.

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