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Captain Sand

           Sincethedisappearanceofthejubarte,notaspeckcametoalterthesurface.Allwasskyandwateraroundthe"Pilgrim."Theyoungnoviceknewonlytoowellthathewasbeyondtheroutesfollowedbytheshipsofcommerce,andthattheotherwhalerswerecruisingstillfartherawayatthefishing-grounds.

           However,thequestionwas,tolookthesituationintheface,toseethingsastheywere.ThatiswhatDickSanddid,askingGod,fromthedepthsofhisheart,foraidandsuccor.Whatresolutionwashegoingtotake?

           AtthatmomentNegoroappearedonthedeck,whichhehadleftafterthecatastrophe.Whathadbeenfeltinthepresenceofthisirreparablemisfortunebyabeingsoenigmatical,noonecouldtell.Hehadcontemplatedthedisasterwithoutmakingagesture,withoutdepartingfromhisspeechlessness.Hiseyehadevidentlyseizedallthedetailsofit.Butifatsuchamomentonecouldthinkofobservinghim,hewouldbeastonishedatleast,becausenotamuscleofhisimpassiblefacehadmoved.Atanyrate,andasifhehadnotheardit,hehadnotrespondedtothepiousappealofMrs.Weldon,prayingfortheengulfedcrew.Negorowalkedaft,thereevenwhereDickSandwasstandingmotionless.Hestoppedthreestepsfromthenovice.

           "Youwishtospeaktome?"askedDickSand.

           "IwishtospeaktoCaptainHull,"repliedNegoro,coolly,"or,inhisabsence,toboatswainHowik."

           "Youknowwellthatbothhaveperished!"criedthenovice.

           "Thenwhocommandsonboardnow?"askedNegoro,veryinsolently.

           "I,"repliedDickSand,withouthesitation.

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