Chapter 10

           ‘Helockedhisfingerstogetherandtorethemapart.Nothingcouldbemoretrue:hehadindeedjumpedintoaneverlastingdeephole.Hehadtumbledfromaheighthecouldneverscaleagain.Bythattimetheboathadgonedrivingforwardpastthebows.Itwastoodarkjustthenforthemtoseeeachother,and,moreover,theywereblindedandhalfdrownedwithrain.Hetoldmeitwaslikebeingsweptbyafloodthroughacavern.Theyturnedtheirbackstothesquall;theskipper,itseems,gotanoaroverthesterntokeeptheboatbeforeit,andfortwoorthreeminutestheendoftheworldhadcomethroughadelugeinapitchyblackness.Theseahissed“liketwentythousandkettles.”That’shissimile,notmine.Ifancytherewasnotmuchwindafterthefirstgust;andhehimselfhadadmittedattheinquirythattheseanevergotupthatnighttoanyextent.Hecroucheddowninthebowsandstoleafurtiveglanceback.Hesawjustoneyellowgleamofthemast-headlighthighupandblurredlikealaststarreadytodissolve.“Itterrifiedmetoseeitstillthere,”hesaid.That’swhathesaid.Whatterrifiedhimwasthethoughtthatthedrowningwasnotoveryet.Nodoubthewantedtobedonewiththatabominationasquicklyaspossible.Nobodyintheboatmadeasound.Inthedarksheseemedtofly,butofcourseshecouldnothavehadmuchway.Thentheshowersweptahead,andthegreat,distracting,hissingnoisefollowedtherainintodistanceanddiedout.Therewasnothingtobeheardthenbuttheslightwashabouttheboat’ssides.

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