Chapter 40

           

           Thunderandwildtumult—theglareoflightning—theshatteringroarofgreatwavesleapingmountainshighandhissingasunderinmid-air—tothisfierceriotofsavageelementsletlooseinawhirlingboisterousdanceofdeath,Iwokeatlastwithaconvulsiveshock.StaggeringtomyfeetIstoodintheblackobscurityofmycabin,tryingtorallymyscatteredforces—theelectriclampswereextinguished,andthelightningaloneilluminedthesepulchraldarkness.Franticshoutingsechoedabovemeondeck—fiend-likeyellsthatsoundednowliketriumph,nowlikedespair,andagainlikemenace—theyachtleapedtoandfrolikeahuntedstagamidthefuriousbillows,andeveryfrightfulcrashofthunderthreatened,asitseemed,tosplitherintwain.Thewindhowledlikeadevilintorment—itscreamedandmoanedandsobbedasthoughendowedwithasentientbodythatsufferedacutestagony—anonitrusheddownwardswithanangryswoopasofwide-flappingwings,andateachraginggustIthoughtthevesselmustsurelyfounder.Forgettingeverythingbutimmediatepersonaldanger,Itriedtoopenmydoor.

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