Chapter 40

           

           Thunderandwildtumulttheglareoflightningtheshatteringroarofgreatwavesleapingmountainshighandhissingasunderinmid-airtothisfierceriotofsavageelementsletlooseinawhirlingboisterousdanceofdeath,Iwokeatlastwithaconvulsiveshock.StaggeringtomyfeetIstoodintheblackobscurityofmycabin,tryingtorallymyscatteredforcestheelectriclampswereextinguished,andthelightningaloneilluminedthesepulchraldarkness.Franticshoutingsechoedabovemeondeckfiend-likeyellsthatsoundednowliketriumph,nowlikedespair,andagainlikemenacetheyachtleapedtoandfrolikeahuntedstagamidthefuriousbillows,andeveryfrightfulcrashofthunderthreatened,asitseemed,tosplitherintwain.Thewindhowledlikeadevilintormentitscreamedandmoanedandsobbedasthoughendowedwithasentientbodythatsufferedacutestagonyanonitrusheddownwardswithanangryswoopasofwide-flappingwings,andateachraginggustIthoughtthevesselmustsurelyfounder.Forgettingeverythingbutimmediatepersonaldanger,Itriedtoopenmydoor.

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