Морской волк

Chapter 17

           SteeringIpickedupeasily,butrunningalofttothecrosstreesandswingingmywholeweightbymyarmswhenIlefttheratlinesandclimbedstillhigher,wasmoredifficult.This,too,Ilearned,andquickly,forIfeltsomehowawilddesiretovindicatemyselfinWolfLarsen’seyes,toprovemyrighttoliveinwaysotherthanofthemind.Nay,thetimecamewhenItookjoyintherunofthemastheadandintheclingingonbymylegsatthatprecariousheightwhileIswepttheseawithglassesinsearchoftheboats.

           Irememberonebeautifulday,whentheboatsleftearlyandthereportsofthehunters’gunsgrewdimanddistantanddiedawayastheyscatteredfarandwideoverthesea.Therewasjustthefaintestwindfromthewestward;butitbreatheditslastbythetimewemanagedtogettoleewardofthelastleeboat.OnebyoneIwasatthemastheadandsawthesixboatsdisappearedoverthebulgeoftheearthastheyfollowedthesealintothewest.Welay,scarcelyrollingontheplacidsea,unabletofollow.WolfLarsenwasapprehensive.Thebarometerwasdown,andtheskytotheeastdidnotpleasehim.Hestudieditwithunceasingvigilance.

           "Ifshecomesoutofthere,"hesaid,"hardandsnappy,puttingustowindwardoftheboats,it’slikelythere’llbeemptybunksinsteerageandfo’c’sle."

           Byeleveno’clocktheseahadbecomeglass.Bymidday,thoughwewerewellupinthenortherlylatitudes,theheatwassickening.Therewasnofreshnessintheair.

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