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Chapter 40

           Itwaslockedoutside!Iwasaprisoner!Myindignationatthisdiscoveryexceededeveryotherfeeling,andbeatingwithbothhandsonthewoodenpanels,Icalled,Ishouted,Ithreatened,Iswore——allinvain!Throwndowntwicebythetopsy-turvylurchingoftheyacht,Istillkeptupadesperatehammeringandcalling,strivingtoraisemyvoiceabovethedistractingpandemoniumofnoisethatseemedtopossesstheshipfromendtoend,butalltonopurposeandfinally,hoarseandexhausted,Istoppedandleanedagainsttheunyieldingdoortorecoverbreathandstrength.Thestormappearedtobeincreasinginforceandclamourthelightningwaswell-nighincessant,andtheclatteringthunderfollowedeachflashsoinstantaneouslyastoleavenodoubtbutthatitwasimmediatelyaboveus.Ilistenedandpresentlyheardafrenziedcry

           "Breakersahead!"Thiswasfollowedbypealsofdiscordantlaughter.Terrified,Istrainedmyearsforeverysoundandallatoncesome-onespoketomequiteclosely,asthoughtheverydarknessaroundmehadfoundatongue.

           "Breakersahead!Throughouttheworld,stormanddangeranddoom!DoomandDeath!butafterwardsLife!"

           AcertainintonationinthesewordsfilledmewithsuchfrantichorrorthatIfellonmykneesinabjectmisery,andalmostprayedtotheGodIhadthroughallmylifedisbelievedinanddenied.

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