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I
shall
never
forget
,
in
that
moment
,
how
instantly
conscious
I
became
of
my
manhood
.
The
primitive
deeps
of
my
nature
stirred
.
I
felt
myself
masculine
,
the
protector
of
the
weak
,
the
fighting
male
.
And
,
best
of
all
,
I
felt
myself
the
protector
of
my
loved
one
.
She
leaned
against
me
,
so
light
and
lily-frail
,
and
as
her
trembling
eased
away
it
seemed
as
though
I
became
aware
of
prodigious
strength
.
I
felt
myself
a
match
for
the
most
ferocious
bull
in
the
herd
,
and
I
know
,
had
such
a
bull
charged
upon
me
,
that
I
should
have
met
it
unflinchingly
and
quite
coolly
,
and
I
know
that
I
should
have
killed
it
.
"
I
am
all
right
now
,
"
she
said
,
looking
up
at
me
gratefully
.
"
Let
us
go
on
.
"
And
that
the
strength
in
me
had
quieted
her
and
given
her
confidence
,
filled
me
with
an
exultant
joy
.
The
youth
of
the
race
seemed
burgeoning
in
me
,
over-civilized
man
that
I
was
,
and
I
lived
for
myself
the
old
hunting
days
and
forest
nights
of
my
remote
and
forgotten
ancestry
.
I
had
much
for
which
to
thank
Wolf
Larsen
,
was
my
thought
as
we
went
along
the
path
between
the
jostling
harems
.
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A
quarter
of
a
mile
inland
we
came
upon
the
holluschickie
--
sleek
young
bulls
,
living
out
the
loneliness
of
their
bachelorhood
and
gathering
strength
against
the
day
when
they
would
fight
their
way
into
the
ranks
of
the
Benedicts
.
Everything
now
went
smoothly
.
I
seemed
to
know
just
what
to
do
and
how
to
do
it
.
Shouting
,
making
threatening
gestures
with
my
club
,
and
even
prodding
the
lazy
ones
,
I
quickly
cut
out
a
score
of
the
young
bachelors
from
their
companions
.
Whenever
one
made
an
attempt
to
break
back
toward
the
water
,
I
headed
it
off
.
Maud
took
an
active
part
in
the
drive
,
and
with
her
cries
and
flourishings
of
the
broken
oar
was
of
considerable
assistance
.
I
noticed
,
though
,
that
whenever
one
looked
tired
and
lagged
,
she
let
it
slip
past
.
But
I
noticed
,
also
,
whenever
one
,
with
a
show
of
fight
,
tried
to
break
past
,
that
her
eyes
glinted
and
showed
bright
,
and
she
rapped
it
smartly
with
her
club
.
"
My
,
it
's
exciting
!
"
she
cried
,
pausing
from
sheer
weakness
.
"
I
think
I
'll
sit
down
.
"
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I
drove
the
little
herd
(
a
dozen
strong
,
now
,
what
of
the
escapes
she
had
permitted
)
a
hundred
yards
farther
on
;
and
by
the
time
she
joined
me
I
had
finished
the
slaughter
and
was
beginning
to
skin
.
An
hour
later
we
went
proudly
back
along
the
path
between
the
harems
.
And
twice
again
we
came
down
the
path
burdened
with
skins
,
till
I
thought
we
had
enough
to
roof
the
hut
.
I
set
the
sail
,
laid
one
tack
out
of
the
cove
,
and
on
the
other
tack
made
our
own
little
inner
cove
.
"
It
's
just
like
home-coming
,
"
Maud
said
,
as
I
ran
the
boat
ashore
.
I
heard
her
words
with
a
responsive
thrill
,
it
was
all
so
dearly
intimate
and
natural
,
and
I
said
: