Морской волк

Chapter 30

           Shouting,makingthreateninggestureswithmyclub,andevenproddingthelazyones,Iquicklycutoutascoreoftheyoungbachelorsfromtheircompanions.Wheneveronemadeanattempttobreakbacktowardthewater,Iheadeditoff.Maudtookanactivepartinthedrive,andwithhercriesandflourishingsofthebrokenoarwasofconsiderableassistance.Inoticed,though,thatwheneveronelookedtiredandlagged,sheletitslippast.ButInoticed,also,wheneverone,withashowoffight,triedtobreakpast,thathereyesglintedandshowedbright,andsherappeditsmartlywithherclub.

           "My,it’sexciting!"shecried,pausingfromsheerweakness."IthinkI’llsitdown."

           Idrovethelittleherd(adozenstrong,now,whatoftheescapesshehadpermitted)ahundredyardsfartheron;andbythetimeshejoinedmeIhadfinishedtheslaughterandwasbeginningtoskin.Anhourlaterwewentproudlybackalongthepathbetweentheharems.Andtwiceagainwecamedownthepathburdenedwithskins,tillIthoughtwehadenoughtoroofthehut.Isetthesail,laidonetackoutofthecove,andontheothertackmadeourownlittleinnercove.

           "It’sjustlikehome-coming,"Maudsaid,asIrantheboatashore.

           Iheardherwordswitharesponsivethrill,itwasallsodearlyintimateandnatural,andIsaid:

           "ItseemsasthoughIhavelivedthislifealways.Theworldofbooksandbookishfolkisveryvague,morelikeadreammemorythananactuality.Isurelyhavehuntedandforayedandfoughtallthedaysofmylife.Andyou,too,seemapartofit

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