История о корабле призраке

           Iandmycompanionswereimpiousmen,andpaidnorespecttotheholinessoftheman;I,inparticular,madesportofhim. When,however,ononeoccasionheupbraidedmewithholyzealformywickedcourseoflife,thatsameevening,afterIhadbeendrinkingtoexcesswithmypilotinthecabin,angeroverpoweredme. ReflectingonwhattheDervisehadsaidtome,whichIwouldnothavebornefromaSultan,Irushedupondeck,andplungedmydaggerintohisbreast. Dying,hecursedmeandmycrew,anddoomedusnottodieandnottolive,untilweshouldlayourheadsupontheearth. 

           "TheDerviseexpired,andwecasthimoverboard,laughingathismenaces; thatsamenight,however,werehiswordsfulfilled. Oneportionofmycrewroseagainstme; withterriblecouragethestrugglecontinued,untilmysupportersfell,andImyselfwasnailedtothemast. Themutineers,however,alsosankundertheirwounds,andsoonmyshipwasbutonevastgrave. Myeyesalsoclosed,mybreathstopped—IthoughtIwasdying. Butitwasonlyatorporwhichheldmechained: thefollowingnight,atthesamehourinwhichwehadcasttheDerviseintothesea,Iawoke,togetherwithallmycomrades; lifereturned,butwecoulddoandsaynothingbutwhathadbeendoneandsaidonthatfatalnight.