Морський вовк

Chapter 5

           Inadditiontosomesmallchange(andIhaveagoodmemoryforsuchthings),ithadcontainedonehundredandeighty-fivedollarsingoldandpaper.ThepurseIfound,butitscontents,withtheexceptionofthesmallsilver,hadbeenabstracted.Ispoketothecookaboutit,whenIwentondecktotakeupmydutiesinthegalley,andthoughIhadlookedforwardtoasurlyanswer,IhadnotexpectedthebelligerentharanguethatIreceived.

           "Look’ere,‘Ump,"hebegan,amaliciouslightinhiseyesandasnarlinhisthroat;"d’yewantyernosepunched?IfyouthinkI’mathief,justkeepittoyerself,oryou’llfind‘owbloodywellmistykenyouare.Strikemeblindifthisayn’tgratitudeforyer!‘Ereyoucome,aporemis’rablespecimenof‘umanscum,an’Itykesyerintomygalleyan’treatsyer‘ansom,an’thisiswotIgetforit.Nex’timeyoucangoto‘ell,sayI,an’I’veagoodmindtogiveyouwhat-foranyw’y."

           Sosaying,heputuphisfistsandstartedforme.Tomyshamebeit,Icoweredawayfromtheblowandranoutthegalleydoor.WhatelsewasItodo?Force,nothingbutforce,obtainedonthisbrute-ship.Moralsuasionwasathingunknown.Pictureittoyourself:amanofordinarystature,slenderofbuild,andwithweak,undevelopedmuscles,whohaslivedapeaceful,placidlife,andisunusedtoviolenceofanysortwhatcouldsuchamanpossiblydo?TherewasnomorereasonthatIshouldstandandfacethesehumanbeaststhanthatIshouldstandandfaceaninfuriatedbull.

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