Морской волк

Chapter 17

           Mugridge,who,duringallthetimehehadbeencompelledtocookandservecoffeeandkeepthefiregoing,hadcomplainedofinternalpains,nowsworethathehadabrokenribortwo.Onexaminationwefoundthathehadthree.Buthiscasewasdeferredtonextday,principallyforthereasonthatIdidnotknowanythingaboutbrokenribsandwouldfirsthavetoreaditup.

           "Idon’tthinkitwasworthit,"IsaidtoWolfLarsen,"abrokenboatforKelly’slife."

           "ButKellydidn’tamounttomuch,"wasthereply."Good-night."

           Afterallthathadpassed,sufferingintolerableanguishinmyfinger-ends,andwiththreeboatsmissing,tosaynothingofthewildcaperstheGhostwascutting,Ishouldhavethoughtitimpossibletosleep.Butmyeyesmusthaveclosedtheinstantmyheadtouchedthepillow,andinutterexhaustionIsleptthroughoutthenight,thewhiletheGhost,lonelyandundirected,foughtherwaythroughthestorm.

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