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The Four Days which Follow

           

           Now,ithappenedthatduringthenightofthe13thtothe14thofFebruary,thatDickSandwasverytired,andwasobligedtotakeafewhours’rest.HewasreplacedatthehelmbyoldTom.

           Theskywascoveredwiththickclouds,whichhadgatheredwiththeevening,undertheinfluenceofthecoldair.Itwasthenverydark,anditwasimpossibletodistinguishthehighsailslostinthedarkness.HerculesandActeonwereonwatchontheforecastle.

           Aft,thelightfromthebinnacleonlygaveafaintgleam,whichthemetallicapparatusofthewheelreflectedsoftly.Theship’slanternsthrowingtheirlightslaterally,leftthedeckofthevesselinprofounddarkness.

           Towardthreeo’clockinthemorning,akindofhypnoticphenomenontookplace,ofwhicholdTomwasnotevenconscious.Hiseves,whichwerefixedtoolongonaluminouspointofthebinnacle,suddenlylostthepowerofvision,andhefellintoatrueanæstheticsleep.

           Notonlywasheincapableofseeing,butifonehadtouchedorpinchedhimhardhewouldprobablyhavefeltnothing.

           Sohedidnotseeashadowwhichglidedoverthedeck.

           ItwasNegoro.

           Arrivedaft,theheadcookplacedunderthebinnacleaprettyheavyobjectwhichheheldinhand.

           Then,afterobservingforaninstanttheluminousindexofthecompass,heretiredwithouthavingbeenseen.

           If,thenextday,DickSandhadperceivedthatobjectplacedbyNegorounderthebinnacle,hemighthavehastenedtotakeitaway.

           Infact,itwasapieceofiron,whoseinfluencehadjustalteredtheindicationsofthecompass

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