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Chapter 41

           

           "Steeronward,Amiel!Onward,totheboundariesoftheworld!"

           Witheveryspiritualsensearoused,Iglancedtowardsthesteerman’swheel—wasthatAmielwhomIhadinstinctivelyloathed?—thatBeing,sternasafigureofdeadliestfate,withsablewingsandtorturedcountenance?Ifso,Iknewhimnowforafiendinverytruth!—ifburninghorrorandendlessshamecansotransfigurethesoulofman!Ahistoryofcrimewaswritteninhisanguishedlooks,...whatsecrettormentrackedhimnolivingmortalmightdaretoguess!Withpallidskeletonhandshemovedthewheel;—andasitturned,thewallsoficearoundusbegantosplitwithanoiseofthunder.

           "OnwardAmiel!"saidthegreatsadVoiceagain—"Onwardwherenevermanhathtrod—steerontotheworld’send!"

           Thecrowdofweirdandterriblefacesgrewdenser—theflaminganddarkeningofwingsbecamethickerthandrivingstorm-cloudsrentbylightning—wailingcries,groansanddrearysoundsofsobbingechoedaboutmeonallsides,...againtheshatteringiceroaredlikeanearthquakeunderthewaters,...and,unhinderedbyherfrozenprison-walls,theshipmovedon!Dizzily,andasoneinamaddreamIsawthegreatglitteringbergsrockandbendforward—themassiveice-cityshooktoitsfoundations,...glisteningpinnaclesdroppedandvanished,...

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