Морський вовк

Chapter 4

           Athalf-pastfive,underhisdirections,Isetthetableinthecabin,withrough-weathertraysinplace,andthencarriedtheteaandcookedfooddownfromthegalley.InthisconnectionIcannotforbearrelatingmyfirstexperiencewithaboardingsea.

           "Looksharporyou’llgetdoused,"wasMr.Mugridge’spartinginjunction,asIleftthegalleywithabigtea-potinonehand,andinthehollowoftheotherarmseveralloavesoffresh-bakedbread.Oneofthehunters,atall,loose-jointedchapnamedHenderson,wasgoingaftatthetimefromthesteerage(thenamethehuntersfacetiouslygavetheirmidshipssleepingquarters)tothecabin.WolfLarsenwasonthepoop,smokinghiseverlastingcigar.

           "‘Ereshecomes.Slingyer‘ook!"thecookcried.

           Istopped,forIdidnotknowwhatwascoming,andsawthegalleydoorslideshutwithabang.ThenIsawHendersonleapinglikeamadmanforthemainrigging,upwhichheshot,ontheinside,tillhewasmanyfeethigherthanmyhead.AlsoIsawagreatwave,curlingandfoaming,poisedfarabovetherail.Iwasdirectlyunderit.Myminddidnotworkquickly,everythingwassonewandstrange.IgraspedthatIwasindanger,butthatwasall.Istoodstill,intrepidation.ThenWolfLarsenshoutedfromthepoop:

           "Grabholdsomething,youyouHump!"

           Butitwastoolate.Isprangtowardtherigging,towhichImighthaveclung,andwasmetbythedescendingwallofwater.Whathappenedafterthatwasveryconfusing.Iwasbeneaththewater,suffocatinganddrowning.

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