Морський вовк

Chapter 9

           Inspiteofhisfearatthereckoninghemustexpecttopayforwhathehaddone,hecouldseethatithadbeenanobject-lessontome,andhebecamemoredomineeringandexultant.Alsotherewasalustinhim,akintomadness,whichhadcomewithsightofthebloodhehaddrawn.Hewasbeginningtoseeredinwhateverdirectionhelooked.Thepsychologyofitissadlytangled,andyetIcouldreadtheworkingsofhismindasclearlyasthoughitwereaprintedbook.

           Severaldayswentby,theGhoststillfoamingdownthetrades,andIcouldswearIsawmadnessgrowinginThomasMugridge’seyes.AndIconfessthatIbecameafraid,verymuchafraid.Whet,whet,whet,itwentalldaylong.Thelookinhiseyesashefeltthekeenedgeandglaredatmewaspositivelycarnivorous.Iwasafraidtoturnmyshouldertohim,andwhenIleftthegalleyIwentoutbackwardstotheamusementofthesailorsandhunters,whomadeapointofgatheringingroupstowitnessmyexit.Thestrainwastoogreat.Isometimesthoughtmymindwouldgivewayunderitameetthingonthisshipofmadmenandbrutes.Everyhour,everyminuteofmyexistencewasinjeopardy.Iwasahumansoulindistress,andyetnosoul,foreoraft,betrayedsufficientsympathytocometomyaid.AttimesIthoughtofthrowingmyselfonthemercyofWolfLarsen,butthevisionofthemockingdevilinhiseyesthatquestionedlifeandsneeredatitwouldcomestronguponmeandcompelmetorefrain.

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