Острів доктора Моро
The Man Who Had Nowhere to Go.
NeitherMontgomerynorhiscompaniontooktheslightestnoticeofme,butbusiedthemselvesinassistinganddirectingthefourorfivesailorswhowereunloadingthegoods.Thecaptainwentforwardinterferingratherthanassisting.Iwasalternatelydespairfulanddesperate.OnceortwiceasIstoodwaitingthereforthingstoaccomplishthemselves,Icouldnotresistanimpulsetolaughatmymiserablequandary.Ifeltallthewretchederforthelackofabreakfast.Hungerandalackofblood-corpusclestakeallthemanhoodfromaman.IperceivedprettyclearlythatIhadnotthestaminaeithertoresistwhatthecaptainchosetodotoexpelme,ortoforcemyselfuponMontgomeryandhiscompanion.SoIwaitedpassivelyuponfate;andtheworkoftransferringMontgomery’spossessionstothelaunchwentonasifIdidnotexist.
Presentlythatworkwasfinished,andthencameastruggle.Iwashauled,resistingweaklyenough,tothegangway.EventhenInoticedtheoddnessofthebrownfacesofthemenwhowerewithMontgomeryinthelaunch;butthelaunchwasnowfullyladen,andwasshovedoffhastily.Abroadeninggapofgreenwaterappearedunderme,andIpushedbackwithallmystrengthtoavoidfallingheadlong.Thehandsinthelaunchshoutedderisively,andIheardMontgomerycurseatthem;andthenthecaptain,themate,andoneoftheseamenhelpinghim,ranmeafttowardsthestern.
Thedingeyofthe"LadyVain"hadbeentowingbehind;itwashalffullofwater,hadnooars,andwasquiteunvictualled
