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Chapter 10

           Itistheraceheritage,thesadnesswhichhasmadetheracesober-minded,clean-livedandfanaticallymoral,andwhich,inthislatterconnection,hasculminatedamongtheEnglishintheReformedChurchandMrs.Grundy.

           Inpointoffact,thechiefventtothisprimalmelancholyhasbeenreligioninitsmoreagonizingforms.ButthecompensationsofsuchreligionaredeniedWolfLarsen.Hisbrutalmaterialismwillnotpermitit.So,whenhisbluemoodscomeon,nothingremainsforhim,buttobedevilish.Werehenotsoterribleaman,Icouldsometimesfeelsorryforhim,asinstancethreemorningsago,whenIwentintohisstateroomtofillhiswater-bottleandcameunexpectedlyuponhim.Hedidnotseeme.Hisheadwasburiedinhishands,andhisshoulderswereheavingconvulsivelyaswithsobs.Heseemedtornbysomemightygrief.AsIsoftlywithdrewIcouldhearhimgroaning,"God!God!God!"NotthathewascallinguponGod;itwasamereexpletive,butitcamefromhissoul.

           Atdinnerheaskedthehuntersforaremedyforheadache,andbyevening,strongmanthathewas,hewashalf-blindandreelingaboutthecabin.

           "I’veneverbeensickinmylife,Hump,"hesaid,asIguidedhimtohisroom."NordidIeverhaveaheadacheexceptthetimemyheadwashealingafterhavingbeenlaidopenforsixinchesbyacapstan-bar."

           Forthreedaysthisblindingheadachelasted,andhesufferedaswildanimalssuffer,asitseemedthewayonshiptosuffer,withoutplaint,withoutsympathy,utterlyalone.

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