Морской волк

Chapter 1

           HowlongthislastedIhavenoconception,forablanknessintervened,ofwhichIremembernomorethanoneremembersoftroubledandpainfulsleep.WhenIaroused,itwasasaftercenturiesoftime;andIsaw,almostabovemeandemergingfromthefog,thebowofavessel,andthreetriangularsails,eachshrewdlylappingtheotherandfilledwithwind.Wherethebowcutthewatertherewasagreatfoamingandgurgling,andIseemeddirectlyinitspath.Itriedtocryout,butwastooexhausted.Thebowplungeddown,justmissingmeandsendingaswashofwaterclearovermyhead.Thenthelong,blacksideofthevesselbeganslippingpast,sonearthatIcouldhavetoucheditwithmyhands.Itriedtoreachit,inamadresolvetoclawintothewoodwithmynails,butmyarmswereheavyandlifeless.AgainIstrovetocallout,butmadenosound.

           Thesternofthevesselshotby,dropping,asitdidso,intoahollowbetweenthewaves;andIcaughtaglimpseofamanstandingatthewheel,andofanothermanwhoseemedtobedoinglittleelsethansmokeacigar.Isawthesmokeissuingfromhislipsasheslowlyturnedhisheadandglancedoutoverthewaterinmydirection.Itwasacareless,unpremeditatedglance,oneofthosehaphazardthingsmendowhentheyhavenoimmediatecalltodoanythinginparticular,butactbecausetheyarealiveandmustdosomething.

           Butlifeanddeathwereinthatglance.Icouldseethevesselbeingswallowedupinthefog;Isawthebackofthemanatthewheel,andtheheadoftheothermanturning,slowlyturning,ashisgazestruckthewaterandcasuallyliftedalongittowardme.Hisfaceworeanabsentexpression,asofdeepthought,andIbecameafraidthatifhiseyesdidlightuponmehewouldneverthelessnotseeme.

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