Острів доктора Моро

The Strange Face.

           Theblackhesitatedbeforethem,andthisgavethered-hairedmantimetocomeupwithhimanddeliveratremendousblowbetweentheshoulder-blades.Thepoordevilwentdownlikeafelledox,androlledinthedirtamongthefuriouslyexciteddogs.Itwasluckyforhimthattheyweremuzzled.Thered-hairedmangaveayawpofexultationandstoodstaggering,andasitseemedtomeinseriousdangerofeithergoingbackwardsdownthecompanionhatchwayorforwardsuponhisvictim.

           Sosoonasthesecondmanhadappeared,Montgomeryhadstartedforward."Steadyonthere!"hecried,inatoneofremonstrance.Acoupleofsailorsappearedontheforecastle.Theblack-facedman,howlinginasingularvoicerolledaboutunderthefeetofthedogs.Nooneattemptedtohelphim.Thebrutesdidtheirbesttoworryhim,buttingtheirmuzzlesathim.Therewasaquickdanceoftheirlithegrey-figuredbodiesovertheclumsy,prostratefigure.Thesailorsforwardshouted,asthoughitwasadmirablesport.Montgomerygaveanangryexclamation,andwentstridingdownthedeck,andIfollowedhim.Theblack-facedmanscrambledupandstaggeredforward,goingandleaningoverthebulwarkbythemainshrouds,whereheremained,pantingandglaringoverhisshoulderatthedogs.Thered-hairedmanlaughedasatisfiedlaugh.

           "Lookhere,Captain,"saidMontgomery,withhislispalittleaccentuated,grippingtheelbowsofthered-hairedman,"thiswon’tdo!"

           IstoodbehindMontgomery.

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