Морской волк

Chapter 34

           "Butthoseterriblehandsofhis!Youknowhowheleapedacrosstheopeningofthelazarette."

           "AndyouknowalsohowIcreptaboutandavoidedhim,"Icontendedgaily.

           "Andlostyourshoes."

           "You’dhardlyexpectthemtoavoidWolfLarsenwithoutmyfeetinsideofthem."

           Webothlaughed,andthenwentseriouslytoworkconstructingtheplanwherebyweweretostepthemastsoftheGhostandreturntotheworld.Irememberedhazilythephysicsofmyschooldays,whilethelastfewmonthshadgivenmepracticalexperiencewithmechanicalpurchases.Imustsay,though,whenwewalkeddowntotheGhosttoinspectmorecloselythetaskbeforeus,thatthesightofthegreatmastslyinginthewateralmostdisheartenedme.Wherewerewetobegin?Iftherehadbeenonemaststanding,somethinghighuptowhichtofastenblocksandtackles!Buttherewasnothing.Itremindedmeoftheproblemofliftingoneselfbyone’sboot-straps.Iunderstoodthemechanicsoflevers;butwherewasItogetafulcrum?

           Therewasthemainmast,fifteeninchesindiameteratwhatwasnowthebutt,stillsixty-fivefeetinlength,andweighing,Iroughlycalculated,atleastthreethousandpounds.Andthencametheforemast,largerindiameter,andweighingsurelythirty-fivehundredpounds.WherewasItobegin?Maudstoodsilentlybymyside,whileIevolvedinmymindthecontrivanceknownamongsailorsas"shears."But,thoughknowntosailors,IinventeditthereonEndeavourIsland.

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