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Chapter 41

           

           "Steeronward,Amiel!Onward,totheboundariesoftheworld!"

           Witheveryspiritualsensearoused,Iglancedtowardsthesteerman’swheelwasthatAmielwhomIhadinstinctivelyloathed?thatBeing,sternasafigureofdeadliestfate,withsablewingsandtorturedcountenance?Ifso,Iknewhimnowforafiendinverytruth!ifburninghorrorandendlessshamecansotransfigurethesoulofman!Ahistoryofcrimewaswritteninhisanguishedlooks,...whatsecrettormentrackedhimnolivingmortalmightdaretoguess!Withpallidskeletonhandshemovedthewheel;andasitturned,thewallsoficearoundusbegantosplitwithanoiseofthunder.

           "OnwardAmiel!"saidthegreatsadVoiceagain—"Onwardwherenevermanhathtrodsteerontotheworld’send!"

           Thecrowdofweirdandterriblefacesgrewdensertheflaminganddarkeningofwingsbecamethickerthandrivingstorm-cloudsrentbylightningwailingcries,groansanddrearysoundsofsobbingechoedaboutmeonallsides,...againtheshatteringiceroaredlikeanearthquakeunderthewaters,...and,unhinderedbyherfrozenprison-walls,theshipmovedon!Dizzily,andasoneinamaddreamIsawthegreatglitteringbergsrockandbendforwardthemassiveice-cityshooktoitsfoundations,...glisteningpinnaclesdroppedandvanished,...

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