Морской волк

Chapter 38

           Therewereonlythreethejib,foresail,andmainsail;and,patched,shortened,anddistorted,theywerearidiculouslyill-fittingsuitforsotrimacraftastheGhost.

           "Butthey’llwork!"Maudcriedjubilantly."We’llmakethemwork,andtrustourlivestothem!"

           Certainly,amongmymanynewtrades,Ishoneleastasasail-maker.Icouldsailthembetterthanmakethem,andIhadnodoubtofmypowertobringtheschoonertosomenorthernportofJapan.Infact,Ihadcrammednavigationfromtext-booksaboard;andbesides,therewasWolfLarsen’sstar-scale,sosimpleadevicethatachildcouldworkit.

           Asforitsinventor,beyondanincreasingdeafnessandthemovementofthelipsgrowingfainterandfainter,therehadbeenlittlechangeinhisconditionforaweek.Butonthedaywefinishedbendingtheschooner’ssails,heheardhislast,andthelastmovementofhislipsdiedawaybutnotbeforeIhadaskedhim,"Areyouallthere?"andthelipshadanswered,"Yes."

           Thelastlinewasdown.Somewherewithinthattombofthefleshstilldweltthesouloftheman.Walledbythelivingclay,thatfierceintelligencewehadknownburnedon;butitburnedoninsilenceanddarkness.Anditwasdisembodied.Tothatintelligencetherecouldbenoobjectiveknowledgeofabody.Itknewnobody.Theveryworldwasnot.Itknewonlyitselfandthevastnessandprofundityofthequietandthedark.

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