Морський вовк

Chapter 31

           Andthen,whileIworkedatbuildingthehut,Maudtriedouttheoilfromtheblubberandkeptaslowfireundertheframesofmeat.Ihadheardofjerkingbeefontheplains,andourseal-meat,cutinthinstripsandhunginthesmoke,curedexcellently.

           Thesecondhutwaseasiertoerect,forIbuiltitagainstthefirst,andonlythreewallswererequired.Butitwaswork,hardwork,allofit.MaudandIworkedfromdawntilldark,tothelimitofourstrength,sothatwhennightcamewecrawledstifflytobedandslepttheanimal-likesleepexhaustion.AndyetMauddeclaredthatshehadneverfeltbetterorstrongerinherlife.Iknewthiswastrueofmyself,butherswassuchalilystrengththatIfearedshewouldbreakdown.Oftenandoften,herlast-reserveforcegone,Ihaveseenherstretchedflatonherbackonthesandinthewayshehadofrestingandrecuperating.Andthenshewouldbeuponherfeetandtoilinghardasever.Wheresheobtainedthisstrengthwasthemarveltome.

           "Thinkofthelongrestthiswinter,"washerreplytomyremonstrances."Why,we’llbeclamorousforsomethingtodo."

           Weheldahousewarminginmyhutthenightitwasroofed.Itwastheendofthethirddayofafiercestormwhichhadswungaroundthecompassfromthesouth-easttothenorth-west,andwhichwasthenblowingdirectlyinuponus.Thebeachesoftheoutercovewerethunderingwiththesurf,andeveninourland-lockedinnercovearespectableseawasbreaking.

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