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The Strange Face.

           

           "Won’thaveyouforward!"saidMontgomery,inamenacingvoice."ButItellyoutogo!"Hewasonthebrinkofsayingsomethingfurther,thenlookedupatmesuddenlyandfollowedmeuptheladder.

           Ihadpausedhalfwaythroughthehatchway,lookingback,stillastonishedbeyondmeasureatthegrotesqueuglinessofthisblack-facedcreature.Ihadneverbeheldsucharepulsiveandextraordinaryfacebefore,andyetifthecontradictioniscredibleIexperiencedatthesametimeanoddfeelingthatinsomewayIhadalreadyencounteredexactlythefeaturesandgesturesthatnowamazedme.AfterwardsitoccurredtomethatprobablyIhadseenhimasIwasliftedaboard;andyetthatscarcelysatisfiedmysuspicionofapreviousacquaintance.Yethowonecouldhaveseteyesonsosingularafaceandyethaveforgottenthepreciseoccasion,passedmyimagination.

           Montgomery’smovementtofollowmereleasedmyattention,andIturnedandlookedaboutmeattheflushdeckofthelittleschooner.IwasalreadyhalfpreparedbythesoundsIhadheardforwhatIsaw.CertainlyIneverbeheldadecksodirty.Itwaslitteredwithscrapsofcarrot,shredsofgreenstuff,andindescribablefilth.Fastenedbychainstothemainmastwereanumberofgrislystaghounds,whonowbeganleapingandbarkingatme,andbythemizzenahugepumawascrampedinalittleironcagefartoosmalleventogiveitturningroom.

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