Chapter 6

           BythefollowingmorningthestormhadblownitselfquiteoutandtheGhostwasrollingslightlyonacalmseawithoutabreathofwind.Occasionallightairswerefelt,however,andWolfLarsenpatrolledthepoopconstantly,hiseyeseversearchingtheseatothenorth-eastward,fromwhichdirectionthegreattrade-windmustblow.

           Themenwereallondeckandbusypreparingtheirvariousboatsfortheseason’shunting.Therearesevenboatsaboard,thecaptain’sdingey,andthesixwhichthehunterswilluse.Three,ahunter,aboat-puller,andaboat-steerer,composeaboat’screw.Onboardtheschoonertheboat-pullersandsteerersarethecrew.Thehunters,too,aresupposedtobeincommandofthewatches,subject,always,totheordersofWolfLarsen.

           Allthis,andmore,Ihavelearned.TheGhostisconsideredthefastestschoonerinboththeSanFranciscoandVictoriafleets.Infact,shewasonceaprivateyacht,andwasbuiltforspeed.HerlinesandfittingsthoughIknownothingaboutsuchthingsspeakforthemselves.JohnsonwastellingmeaboutherinashortchatIhadwithhimduringyesterday’sseconddog-watch.Hespokeenthusiastically,withtheloveforafinecraftsuchassomemenfeelforhorses.Heisgreatlydisgustedwiththeoutlook,andIamgiventounderstandthatWolfLarsenbearsaveryunsavouryreputationamongthesealingcaptains.ItwastheGhostherselfthatluredJohnsonintosigningforthevoyage,butheisalreadybeginningtorepent.

           Ashetoldme,theGhostisaneighty-tonschoonerofaremarkablyfinemodel.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 56 из 396