Морской волк

Chapter 6

           Thetimewentby,andthesuspense,tome,wasterrible.ThomasMugridge,ontheotherhand,considereditalaughableaffair,andwascontinuallybobbinghisheadoutthegalleydoortomakejocoseremarks.HowIhatedhim!Andhowmyhatredforhimgrewandgrew,duringthatfearfultime,tocyclopeandimensions.ForthefirsttimeinmylifeIexperiencedthedesiretomurder"sawred,"assomeofourpicturesquewritersphraseit.Lifeingeneralmightstillbesacred,butlifeintheparticularcaseofThomasMugridgehadbecomeveryprofaneindeed.IwasfrightenedwhenIbecameconsciousthatIwasseeingred,andthethoughtflashedthroughmymind:wasI,too,becomingtaintedbythebrutalityofmyenvironment?I,whoeveninthemostflagrantcrimeshaddeniedthejusticeandrighteousnessofcapitalpunishment?

           Fullyhalf-an-hourwentby,andthenIsawJohnsonandLouisinsomesortofaltercation.ItendedwithJohnsonflingingoffLouis’sdetainingarmandstartingforward.Hecrossedthedeck,sprangintotheforerigging,andbegantoclimb.ButthequickeyeofWolfLarsencaughthim.

           "Here,you,whatareyouupto?"hecried.

           Johnson’sascentwasarrested.Helookedhiscaptainintheeyesandrepliedslowly:

           "Iamgoingtogetthatboydown."

           "You’llgetdownoutofthatrigging,anddamnlivelyaboutit!D’yehear?Getdown!"

           Johnsonhesitated,butthelongyearsofobediencetothemastersofshipsoverpoweredhim,andhedroppedsullenlytothedeckandwentonforward.

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