The Sea-Wolf

Prev | Current Page 49 | Next

London, Jack

"The Sea-Wolf"

I looked steadily into the cruel gray eyes. They might have been granite for all the light and warmth of a human soul they contained. One may see the soul stir in some men's eyes, but his were bleak and cold and gray as the sea itself.

? ? ? ? 'Well?'

? ? ? ? 'Yes,' I said.

? ? ? ? 'Say "Yes, sir."'

? ? ? ? 'Yes, sir,' I corrected.

? ? ? ? 'What is your name?'

? ? ? ? 'Van Weyden, sir.'

? ? ? ? 'First name?'

? ? ? ? 'Humphrey, sir- Humphrey Van Weyden.'

? ? ? ? 'Age?'

? ? ? ? 'Thirty-five, sir.'

? ? ? ? 'That'll do. Go to the cook and learn your duties.'

? ? ? ? And thus it was that I passed into a state of involuntary servitude to Wolf Larsen. He was stronger than I, that was all. But it was very unreal at the time. It is no less unreal now that I look back upon it. It will always be to me as a monstrous, inconceivable thing, a horrible nightmare.

Pages:
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61

Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) (page 153) The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island (page 115) The Universal Copyright Convention (1988) (page 8)

Gallery eBooks

London, Jack

"The Sea-Wolf"