Морський вовк

Chapter 18

           ButWolfLarsen,aswastobeexpected,beingaboatshort,tookpossessionofthefirststrayoneandcompelleditsmentohuntwiththeGhost,notpermittingthemtoreturntotheirownschoonerwhenwesightedit.Irememberhowheforcedthehunterandhistwomenbelow,ariffleattheirbreasts,whentheircaptainpassedbyatbiscuit-tossandhailedusforinformation.

           ThomasMugridge,sostrangelyandpertinaciouslyclingingtolife,wassoonlimpingaboutagainandperforminghisdoubledutiesofcookandcabin-boy.JohnsonandLeachwerebulliedandbeatenasmuchasever,andtheylookedfortheirlivestoendwiththeendofthehuntingseason;whiletherestofthecrewlivedthelivesofdogsandwereworkedlikedogsbytheirpitilessmaster.AsforWolfLarsenandmyself,wegotalongfairlywell;thoughIcouldnotquiteridmyselfoftheideathatrightconduct,forme,layinkillinghim.Hefascinatedmeimmeasurably,andIfearedhimimmeasurably.Andyet,Icouldnotimaginehimlyingproneindeath.Therewasanendurance,asofperpetualyouth,abouthim,whichroseupandforbadethepicture.Icouldseehimonlyaslivingalways,anddominatingalways,fightinganddestroying,himselfsurviving.

           Onediversionofhis,whenwewereinthemidstoftheherdandtheseawastooroughtolowertheboats,wastolowerwithtwoboat-pullersandasteererandgoouthimself.Hewasagoodshot,too,andbroughtmanyaskinaboardunderwhatthehunterstermedimpossiblehuntingconditions.

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