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Wysłany: Czw 11:20, 03 Mar 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published ccaahhyc |
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Iwasallowedtotakemyplaceoncemoreoutsidethehatchway;
wheremyfirstthoughtwasfortheweather.Astormwasapproaching
fromthenorthwest.Vividlightningdartedamidthedenseblackclouds.
Alreadywecouldheartherumblingofthunderechoingcontinuously
throughspace.Iwassurprised—morethansurprisedfrightened [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!—by
therapiditywithwhichthestormrushedupwardtowardthezenith.
Scarcelywouldashiphavehadtimetofurlhersailstoescapetheshock
oftheblastbeforeitwasuponher [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!Theadvancewasasswiftasitwas
terrible.
Suddenlythewindwasunchainedwithunheardofviolenceasifit
hadsuddenlyburstfromthisprisonofcloud.Inaninstantafrightfulsea
uprose.Thebreakingwavesfoamingalongalltheircrestssweptwith
theirfullweightoverthe"Terror."IfIhadnotbeenwedgedsolidly
against the railI should have been swept overboard [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
Therewasbutonethingtodo—tochangeourmachineagainintoa
submarine.Itwouldfindsecurityandcalmatafewdozenfeetbeneath
thesurface.Tocontinuetobravethefuryofthisoutrageousseawas
impossible.
RoburhimselfwasondeckandIawaitedtheordertoreturntomy
cabin—anorderwhichwasnotgiven.Therewasnotevenanyprepara-
tionfortheplunge.Withaneyemoreburningthaneverimpassivebe-
forethisfrightfulstormthecaptainlookeditfullinthefaceasiftodefy
itknowing that he had nothing to fear.
Itwasimpyilai:
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I'dratherwearared
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