Reedle Откройте в мобильном приложении
Понятно
Понятно
Для того чтобы воспользоваться закладками, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Отмена
261
"'
It
was
black
,
black
,
"
pursued
Jim
with
moody
steadiness
.
"
It
had
sneaked
upon
us
from
behind
.
The
infernal
thing
!
I
suppose
there
had
been
at
the
back
of
my
head
some
hope
yet
.
I
do
n't
know
.
But
that
was
all
over
anyhow
.
It
maddened
me
to
see
myself
caught
like
this
.
I
was
angry
,
as
though
I
had
been
trapped
.
I
was
trapped
!
The
night
was
hot
,
too
,
I
remember
.
Not
a
breath
of
air
.
"
262
'
He
remembered
so
well
that
,
gasping
in
the
chair
,
he
seemed
to
sweat
and
choke
before
my
eyes
.
263
No
doubt
it
maddened
him
;
it
knocked
him
over
afresh
--
in
a
manner
of
speaking
--
but
it
made
him
also
remember
that
important
purpose
which
had
sent
him
rushing
on
that
bridge
only
to
slip
clean
out
of
his
mind
.
He
had
intended
to
cut
the
lifeboats
clear
of
the
ship
.
He
whipped
out
his
knife
and
went
to
work
slashing
as
though
he
had
seen
nothing
,
had
heard
nothing
,
had
known
of
no
one
on
board
.
They
thought
him
hopelessly
wrong-headed
and
crazy
,
but
dared
not
protest
noisily
against
this
useless
loss
of
time
.
When
he
had
done
he
returned
to
the
very
same
spot
from
which
he
had
started
.
The
chief
was
there
,
ready
with
a
clutch
at
him
to
whisper
close
to
his
head
,
scathingly
,
as
though
he
wanted
to
bite
his
ear
--
Отключить рекламу
264
"'
You
silly
fool
!
do
you
think
you
'll
get
the
ghost
of
a
show
when
all
that
lot
of
brutes
is
in
the
water
?
Why
,
they
will
batter
your
head
for
you
from
these
boats
.
"
265
'
He
wrung
his
hands
,
ignored
,
at
Jim
's
elbow
.
The
skipper
kept
up
a
nervous
shuffle
in
one
place
and
mumbled
,
"
Hammer
!
hammer
!
Mein
Gott
!
Get
a
hammer
.
"
266
'
The
little
engineer
whimpered
like
a
child
,
but
,
broken
arm
and
all
,
he
turned
out
the
least
craven
of
the
lot
as
it
seems
,
and
,
actually
,
mustered
enough
pluck
to
run
an
errand
to
the
engine-room
.
No
trifle
,
it
must
be
owned
in
fairness
to
him
.
Jim
told
me
he
darted
desperate
looks
like
a
cornered
man
,
gave
one
low
wail
,
and
dashed
off
.
He
was
back
instantly
clambering
,
hammer
in
hand
,
and
without
a
pause
flung
himself
at
the
bolt
.
267
The
others
gave
up
Jim
at
once
and
ran
off
to
assist
.
He
heard
the
tap
,
tap
of
the
hammer
,
the
sound
of
the
released
chock
falling
over
.
The
boat
was
clear
.
Only
then
he
turned
to
look
--
only
then
.
But
he
kept
his
distance
--
he
kept
his
distance
.
He
wanted
me
to
know
he
had
kept
his
distance
;
that
there
was
nothing
in
common
between
him
and
these
men
--
who
had
the
hammer
.
Nothing
whatever
.
It
is
more
than
probable
he
thought
himself
cut
off
from
them
by
a
space
that
could
not
be
traversed
,
by
an
obstacle
that
could
not
be
overcome
,
by
a
chasm
without
bottom
.
He
was
as
far
as
he
could
get
from
them
--
the
whole
breadth
of
the
ship
.
Отключить рекламу
268
'
His
feet
were
glued
to
that
remote
spot
and
his
eyes
to
their
indistinct
group
bowed
together
and
swaying
strangely
in
the
common
torment
of
fear
.
A
hand-lamp
lashed
to
a
stanchion
above
a
little
table
rigged
up
on
the
bridge
--
the
Patna
had
no
chart-room
amidships
--
threw
a
light
on
their
labouring
shoulders
,
on
their
arched
and
bobbing
backs
.
They
pushed
at
the
bow
of
the
boat
;
they
pushed
out
into
the
night
;
they
pushed
,
and
would
no
more
look
back
at
him
.
They
had
given
him
up
as
if
indeed
he
had
been
too
far
,
too
hopelessly
separated
from
themselves
,
to
be
worth
an
appealing
word
,
a
glance
,
or
a
sign
.
They
had
no
leisure
to
look
back
upon
his
passive
heroism
,
to
feel
the
sting
of
his
abstention
.
269
The
boat
was
heavy
;
they
pushed
at
the
bow
with
no
breath
to
spare
for
an
encouraging
word
:
but
the
turmoil
of
terror
that
had
scattered
their
self-command
like
chaff
before
the
wind
,
converted
their
desperate
exertions
into
a
bit
of
fooling
,
upon
my
word
,
fit
for
knockabout
clowns
in
a
farce
.
They
pushed
with
their
hands
,
with
their
heads
,
they
pushed
for
dear
life
with
all
the
weight
of
their
bodies
,
they
pushed
with
all
the
might
of
their
souls
--
only
no
sooner
had
they
succeeded
in
canting
the
stem
clear
of
the
davit
than
they
would
leave
off
like
one
man
and
start
a
wild
scramble
into
her
.
As
a
natural
consequence
the
boat
would
swing
in
abruptly
,
driving
them
back
,
helpless
and
jostling
against
each
other
.
They
would
stand
nonplussed
for
a
while
,
exchanging
in
fierce
whispers
all
the
infamous
names
they
could
call
to
mind
,
and
go
at
it
again
.
Three
times
this
occurred
.
He
described
it
to
me
with
morose
thoughtfulness
.
He
had
n't
lost
a
single
movement
of
that
comic
business
.
"
I
loathed
them
.
I
hated
them
.
I
had
to
look
at
all
that
,
"
he
said
without
emphasis
,
turning
upon
me
a
sombrely
watchful
glance
.
"
Was
ever
there
any
one
so
shamefully
tried
?
"
270
'
He
took
his
head
in
his
hands
for
a
moment
,
like
a
man
driven
to
distraction
by
some
unspeakable
outrage
.
These
were
things
he
could
not
explain
to
the
court
--
and
not
even
to
me
;
but
I
would
have
been
little
fitted
for
the
reception
of
his
confidences
had
I
not
been
able
at
times
to
understand
the
pauses
between
the
words
.