Пятнадцатилетний капитан

Captain Sand

           

           "You!"saidNegoro,shrugginghisshoulders."Acaptainoffifteenyears?"

           "Acaptainoffifteenyears!"repliedthenovice,advancingtowardthecook.

           Thelatterdrewback.

           "Donotforgetit,"thensaidMrs.Weldon."ThereisbutonecaptainhereCaptainSand,anditiswellforalltorememberthathewillknowhowtomakehimselfobeyed."

           Negorobowed,murmuringinanironicaltoneafewwordsthattheycouldnotunderstand,andhereturnedtohispost.

           Wesee,Dick’sresolutionwastaken.

           Meanwhiletheschooner,undertheactionofthebreeze,whichcommencedtofreshen,hadalreadypassedbeyondthevastshoalofcrustaceans.

           DickSandexaminedtheconditionofthesails;thenhiseyeswerecastonthedeck.Hehadthenthissentiment,that,ifafrightfulresponsibilityfelluponhiminthefuture,itwasforhimtohavethestrengthtoacceptit.Hedaredtolookatthesurvivorsofthe"Pilgrim,"whoseeyeswerenowfixedonhim.And,readingintheirfacesthathecouldcountonthem,hesaidtothemintwowords,thattheycouldintheirturncountonhim.

           DickSandhad,inallsincerity,examinedhisconscience.

           Ifhewascapableoftakinginorsettingthesailsoftheschooner,accordingtocircumstances,byemployingthearmsofTomandhiscompanions,heevidentlydidnotyetpossessalltheknowledgenecessarytodeterminehispositionbycalculation.

           Infourorfiveyearsmore,DickSandwouldknowthoroughlythatbeautifulanddifficultsailor’scraft.

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