Chapter 26

           NextmorningIawokewithafeverishbrowandafeelingofdeepdepressionatmyheart;andthemoreIthoughtonmyunhappyfate,themorewretchedandmiserabledidIfeel.

           Iwassurroundedonallsidesbyhumanbeingsofthemostdreadfulcharacter,towhomthesheddingofbloodwasmerepastime.Onshorewerethenatives,whosepracticesweresohorriblethatIcouldnotthinkofthemwithoutshuddering.Onboardwerenonebutpiratesoftheblackestdye,who,althoughnotcannibals,werefoulmurderers,andmoreblameworthyeventhanthesavages,inasmuchastheyknewbetter.EvenBill,withwhomIhad,underthestrangecircumstancesofmylot,formedakindofintimacy,wassofierceinhisnatureastohaveacquiredthetitleof"Bloody"fromhisvilecompanions.IfeltverymuchcastdownthemoreIconsideredthesubjectandtheimpossibilityofdelivery,asitseemedtomeatleast,foralongtimetocome.Atlast,inmyfeelingofutterhelplessness,IprayedferventlytotheAlmightythatHewoulddelivermeoutofmymiserablecondition;andwhenIhaddonesoIfeltsomedegreeofcomfort.

           Whenthecaptaincameondeck,beforethehouratwhichthemenusuallystartedforthewoods,Ibeggedofhimtopermitmetoremainaboardthatday,asIdidnotfeelwell;buthelookedatmeangrily,andorderedme,inasurlytone,togetreadytogoonshoreasusual.Thefactwasthatthecaptainhadbeenoutofhumourforsometimepast.

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