Морской волк

Chapter 17

           OnethingIwasbeginningtofeel,andthatwasthatIcouldneveragainbequitethesamemanIhadbeen.WhilemyhopeandfaithinhumanlifestillsurvivedWolfLarsen’sdestructivecriticism,hehadneverthelessbeenacauseofchangeinminormatters.Hehadopenedupformetheworldofthereal,ofwhichIhadknownpracticallynothingandfromwhichIhadalwaysshrunk.Ihadlearnedtolookmorecloselyatlifeasitwaslived,torecognizethatthereweresuchthingsasfactsintheworld,toemergefromtherealmofmindandideaandtoplacecertainvaluesontheconcreteandobjectivephasesofexistence.

           IsawmoreofWolfLarsenthaneverwhenwehadgainedthegrounds.Forwhentheweatherwasfairandwewereinthemidstoftheherd,allhandswereawayintheboats,andleftonboardwereonlyheandI,andThomasMugridge,whodidnotcount.Buttherewasnoplayaboutit.Thesixboats,spreadingoutfan-wisefromtheschooneruntilthefirstweatherboatandthelastleeboatwereanywherefromtentotwentymilesapart,cruisedalongastraightcourseovertheseatillnightfallorbadweatherdrovethemin.ItwasourdutytosailtheGhostwelltoleewardofthelastleeboat,sothatalltheboatsshouldhavefairwindtorunforusincaseofsquallsorthreateningweather.

           Itisnoslightmatterfortwomen,particularlywhenastiffwindhassprungup,tohandleavesselliketheGhost,steering,keepinglook-outfortheboats,andsettingortakinginsail;soitdevolveduponmetolearn,andlearnquickly.

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