Chapter 20

           Theremainderofthedaypasseduneventfully.Theyoungslipofagale,havingwettedourgills,proceededtomoderate.Thefourthengineerandthethreeoilers,afterawarminterviewwithWolfLarsen,werefurnishedwithoutfitsfromtheslop-chests,assignedplacesunderthehuntersinthevariousboatsandwatchesonthevessel,andbundledforwardintotheforecastle.Theywentprotestingly,buttheirvoiceswerenotloud.TheywereawedbywhattheyhadalreadyseenofWolfLarsen’scharacter,whilethetaleofwoetheyspeedilyheardintheforecastletookthelastbitofrebellionoutofthem.

           MissBrewsterwehadlearnedhernamefromtheengineersleptonandon.AtsupperIrequestedthehunterstolowertheirvoices,soshewasnotdisturbed;anditwasnottillnextmorningthatshemadeherappearance.Ithadbeenmyintentiontohavehermealsservedapart,butWolfLarsenputdownhisfoot.Whowasshethatsheshouldbetoogoodforcabintableandcabinsociety?hadbeenhisdemand.

           Buthercomingtothetablehadsomethingamusinginit.Thehuntersfellsilentasclams.JockHornerandSmokealonewereunabashed,stealingstealthyglancesathernowandagain,andeventakingpartintheconversation.Theotherfourmengluedtheireyesontheirplatesandchewedsteadilyandwiththoughtfulprecision,theirearsmovingandwobbling,intimewiththeirjaws,liketheearsofsomanyanimals.

           WolfLarsenhadlittletosayatfirst,doingnomorethanreplywhenhewasaddressed.Notthathewasabashed.Farfromit.

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