Морской волк

Chapter 11

           WemayexpecttomeetDeathLarsenontheJapancoast."Andlookoutforsqualls,"isLouis’sprophecy,"fortheyhateoneanotherlikethewolfwhelpstheyare."DeathLarsenisincommandoftheonlysealingsteamerinthefleet,theMacedonia,whichcarriesfourteenboats,whereastherestoftheschoonerscarryonlysix.Thereiswildtalkofcannonaboard,andofstrangeraidsandexpeditionsshemaymake,rangingfromopiumsmugglingintotheStatesandarmssmugglingintoChina,toblackbirdingandopenpiracy.YetIcannotbutbelieveforIhaveneveryetcaughthiminalie,whilehehasacyclopaedicknowledgeofsealingandthemenofthesealingfleets.

           Asitisforwardandinthegalley,soitisinthesteerageandaft,onthisveritablehell-ship.Menfightandstruggleferociouslyforoneanother’slives.ThehuntersarelookingforashootingscrapeatanymomentbetweenSmokeandHenderson,whoseoldquarrelhasnothealed,whileWolfLarsensayspositivelythathewillkillthesurvivoroftheaffair,ifsuchaffaircomesoff.Hefranklystatesthatthepositionhetakesisbasedonnomoralgrounds,thatallthehunterscouldkillandeatoneanothersofarasheisconcerned,wereitnotthatheneedsthemaliveforthehunting.Iftheywillonlyholdtheirhandsuntiltheseasonisover,hepromisesthemaroyalcarnival,whenallgrudgescanhesettledandthesurvivorsmaytossthenon-survivorsoverboardandarrangeastoryastohowthemissingmenwerelostatsea.Ithinkeventhehuntersareappalledathiscold-bloodedness.

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