Морський вовк

Chapter 12

           ButtheexpressionofWolfLarsen’sfaceneverchanged.Hedidnotchangehispositioneither,butcontinuedtogazedownwithagreatcuriosity.Forallhispragmaticcertitude,itseemedasifhewatchedtheplayandmovementoflifeinthehopeofdiscoveringsomethingmoreaboutit,ofdiscerninginitsmaddestwrithingsasomethingwhichhadhithertoescapedhimthekeytoitsmystery,asitwere,whichwouldmakeallclearandplain.

           Butthebeating!ItwasquitesimilartotheoneIhadwitnessedinthecabin.TheCockneystroveinvaintoprotecthimselffromtheinfuriatedboy.Andinvainhestrovetogaintheshelterofthecabin.Herolledtowardit,grovelledtowardit,felltowarditwhenhewasknockeddown.Butblowfollowedblowwithbewilderingrapidity.Hewasknockedaboutlikeashuttlecock,until,finally,likeJohnson,hewasbeatenandkickedashelayhelplessonthedeck.Andnooneinterfered.Leachcouldhavekilledhim,but,havingevidentlyfilledthemeasureofhisvengeance,hedrewawayfromhisprostratefoe,whowaswhimperingandwailinginapuppyishsortofway,andwalkedforward.

           Butthesetwoaffairswereonlytheopeningeventsoftheday’sprogramme.IntheafternoonSmokeandHendersonfellfoulofeachother,andafusilladeofshotscameupfromthesteerage,followedbyastampedeoftheotherfourhuntersforthedeck.Acolumnofthick,acridsmokethekindalwaysmadebyblackpowderwasarisingthroughtheopencompanion-way,anddownthroughitleapedWolfLarsen.

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