Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 11

           Theywereverycurioustoknowmystory,butIgavethemverylittlesatisfaction,andtheyallconjecturedthatmymisfortuneshadimpairedmyreason.Intwohourstheboat,whichwentladenwithvesselsofwater,returned,withthecaptain’scommandtofetchmeonboard.Ifellonmykneestopreservemyliberty;butallwasinvain;andthemen,havingtiedmewithcords,heavedmeintotheboat,whenceIwastakenintotheship,andthenceintothecaptain’scabin.

           HisnamewasPedrodeMendez;hewasaverycourteousandgenerousperson.Heentreatedmetogivesomeaccountofmyself,anddesiredtoknowwhatIwouldeatordrink;said,"Ishouldbeusedaswellashimself;"andspokesomanyobligingthings,thatIwonderedtofindsuchcivilitiesfromaYahoo.However,Iremainedsilentandsullen;Iwasreadytofaintattheverysmellofhimandhismen.AtlastIdesiredsomethingtoeatoutofmyowncanoe;butheorderedmeachicken,andsomeexcellentwine,andthendirectedthatIshouldbeputtobedinaverycleancabin.Iwouldnotundressmyself,butlayonthebed-clothes,andinhalfanhourstoleout,whenIthoughtthecrewwasatdinner,andgettingtothesideoftheship,wasgoingtoleapintothesea,andswimformylife,ratherthancontinueamongYahoos.Butoneoftheseamenpreventedme,andhavinginformedthecaptain,Iwaschainedtomycabin.

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