Морской волк

Chapter 35

           Isatdownandponderedtheproblem.Itdidnottakelong.Isprangjubilantlytomyfeet.

           "NowIhaveit!"Icried."Ioughttomakethetacklefastatthepointofbalance.Andwhatwelearnofthiswillserveuswitheverythingelsewehavetohoistaboard."

           OnceagainIundidallmyworkbyloweringthemastintothewater.ButImiscalculatedthepointofbalance,sothatwhenIheavedthetopofthemastcameupinsteadofthebutt.Maudlookeddespair,butIlaughedandsaiditwoulddojustaswell.

           Instructingherhowtoholdtheturnandbereadytoslackawayatcommand,Ilaidholdofthemastwithmyhandsandtriedtobalanceitinboardacrosstherail.WhenIthoughtIhaditIcriedtohertoslackaway;butthesparrighted,despitemyefforts,anddroppedbacktowardthewater.AgainIheavedituptoitsoldposition,forIhadnowanotheridea.Irememberedthewatch-tackleasmalldoubleandsingleblockaffairandfetchedit.

           WhileIwasriggingitbetweenthetopofthesparandtheoppositerail,WolfLarsencameonthescene.Weexchangednothingmorethangood-mornings,and,thoughhecouldnotsee,hesatontherailoutofthewayandfollowedbythesoundallthatIdid.

           AgaininstructingMaudtoslackawayatthewindlasswhenIgavetheword,Iproceededtoheaveonthewatch-tackle.Slowlythemastswunginuntilitbalancedatrightanglesacrosstherail;andthenIdiscoveredtomyamazementthattherewasnoneedforMaudtoslackaway.Infact,theveryoppositewasnecessary.

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