Пятнадцатилетний капитан

The Wreck

           

           WhatCaptainHullcouldnotthenobserve,whatcouldnotbenoticedevenonboardthe"Pilgrim,"wasthatthedog’sfurymanifesteditselfjustatthemomentwhenNegoro,leavinghiskitchen,hadjustcometowardtheforecastle.

           Didthedogthenknowandrecognizethemastercook?Itwasveryimprobable.

           Howeverthatmaybe,afterlookingatthedog,withoutshowinganysurprise,Negoro,who,however,frownedforaninstant,returnedtothecrew’squarters.

           Meanwhiletheboathadroundedthesternoftheship.Heraftboardcarriedthissinglename:"Waldeck."

           "Waldeck,"andnodesignationoftheportattached.But,bytheformofthehull,bycertaindetailswhichasailorseizesatthefirstglance,CaptainHullhad,indeed,discoveredthatthisshipwasofAmericanconstruction.Besides,hernameconfirmedit.Andnow,thishull,itwasallthatremainedofalargebrigoffivehundredtons.

           Atthe"Waldeck’s"prowalargeopeningindicatedtheplacewherethecollisionhadoccurred.Inconsequenceofthecapsizingofthehull,thisopeningwasthenfiveorsixfeetabovethewaterwhichexplainedwhythebrighadnotyetfoundered.

           Onthedeck,whichCaptainHullsawinitswholeextent,therewasnobody.

           Thedog,havingleftthenetting,hadjustletitselfslipasfarasthecentralhatch,whichwasopen;anditbarkedpartlytowardtheinterior,partlytowardtheexterior.

           "Itisverycertainthatthisanimalisnotaloneonboard!"observed

           DickSand.

           "No,intruth!"repliedCaptainHull.

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