Титаник
Chapter 1
Inquietstudiosandofficesclearbrainswerebusywithdrawingsandcalculationsandsubtleelaboratemathematicalprocesses,siftingandapplyingthetabulatedresultsofyearsofexperience.Thedrawingscameintimetotheplaceofuproar;weremagnifiedandsubdividedandtakenintogrimyworkshops;andsteam-hammersandsteam-sawssmoteandrippedatthebrutemetal,toshapeitinaccordancewiththeshapesonthepaper.Andstilltheships,bigandlittle,camenosinginfromthehighseaslittledustycolliersfromtheTyne,andbatteredschoonersfromthecoast,andtimbershipsfromtheBaltic,andtrimmailsteamers,andgiantsoftheoceancreepinginwoundedforsuccourallsolemnlyreceivedbythetwingrayhorsesandescortedtotheirstationsintheharbour.Butthegreatestgiantofallthatcamein,whichdwarfedeverythingelsevisibletotheeye,wasitselfdwarfedtoinsignificancebythegreatcathedralbuildingontheisland.
Theseasonspassed;thecreatureswhowroughtandclamberedamongtheironbranches,andsangtheirendlesssongoflabourthere,feltthesteelchillbeneaththefrostsofwinter,andburninghotbeneaththesun’sraysinsummer,untilatlasttheskeletonwithinthescaffoldingbegantotakeashape,atthesightofwhichmenheldtheirbreaths.Itwastheshapeofaship,ashipsomonstrousandunthinkablethatittoweredhighoverthebuildingsanddwarfedtheverymountainsbesidethewater.
