Морской волк

Chapter 23

           Iinvoluntarilyshunnedthethoughtofit,andyetthethoughtcontinuallyaroseinmymindlikeahauntingspectre.

           Ihadreadsea-romancesinmytime,whereinfigured,asamatterofcourse,thelonewomaninthemidstofashiploadofmen;butIlearned,now,thatIhadnevercomprehendedthedeepersignificanceofsuchasituationthethingthewritersharpeduponandexploitedsothoroughly.Andhereitwas,now,andIwasfacetofacewithit.Thatitshouldbeasvitalaspossible,itrequirednomorethanthatthewomanshouldbeMaudBrewster,whonowcharmedmeinpersonasshehadlongcharmedmethroughherwork.

           Noonemoreoutofenvironmentcouldbeimagined.Shewasadelicate,etherealcreature,swayingandwillowy,lightandgracefulofmovement.Itneverseemedtomethatshewalked,or,atleast,walkedaftertheordinarymannerofmortals.Herswasanextremelithesomeness,andshemovedwithacertainindefinableairiness,approachingoneasdownmightfloatorasabirdonnoiselesswings.

           ShewaslikeabitofDresdenchina,andIwascontinuallyimpressedwithwhatImaycallherfragility.AsatthetimeIcaughtherarmwhenhelpingherbelow,soatanytimeIwasquiteprepared,shouldstressorroughhandlingbefallher,toseehercrumbleaway.Ihaveneverseenbodyandspiritinsuchperfectaccord.Describeherverse,asthecriticshavedescribedit,assublimatedandspiritual,andyouhavedescribedherbody.Itseemedtopartakeofhersoul,tohaveanalogousattributes,andtolinkittolifewiththeslenderestofchains.

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