Морской волк

Chapter 6

           "Hist,willye!"Louiswhisperedtohim,"Fortheloveivyourmotherholdyourmouth!"

           ButJohnson,lookingon,stillcontinuedhisgrumbling.

           "Lookhere,"thehunterStandishspoketoWolfLarsen,"that’smyboat-puller,andIdon’twanttolosehim."

           "That’sallright,Standish,"wasthereply."He’syourboat-pullerwhenyou’vegothimintheboat;buthe’smysailorwhenIhavehimaboard,andI’lldowhatIdamnwellpleasewithhim."

           "Butthat’snoreason"Standishbeganinatorrentofspeech.

           "That’lldo,easyasshegoes,"WolfLarsencounselledback."I’vetoldyouwhat’swhat,andletitstopatthat.Theman’smine,andI’llmakesoupofhimandeatitifIwantto."

           Therewasanangrygleaminthehunter’seye,butheturnedonhisheelandenteredthesteeragecompanion-way,whereheremained,lookingupward.Allhandswereondecknow,andalleyeswerealoft,whereahumanlifewasatgrappleswithdeath.Thecallousnessofthesemen,towhomindustrialorganizationgavecontrolofthelivesofothermen,wasappalling.I,whohadlivedoutofthewhirloftheworld,hadneverdreamedthatitsworkwascarriedoninsuchfashion.Lifehadalwaysseemedapeculiarlysacredthing,buthereitcountedfornothing,wasacipherinthearithmeticofcommerce.Imustsay,however,thatthesailorsthemselvesweresympathetic,asinstancethecaseofJohnson;butthemasters(thehuntersandthecaptain)wereheartlesslyindifferent.

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