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' "I was saying to myself, 'Sink -- curse you! Sink!' " These were the words with which he began again. He wanted it over. He was severely1 left aione, and he formulated2 in his head this address to the ship in a tone of imprecation, while at the same time he enjoyed the privilege of witnessing scenes -- as far as I can judge -- of low comedy. They were still at that bolt. The skipper was ordering, "Get under and try to lift"; and the others naturally shirked. You understand that to be squeezed flat under the keel of a boat wasn't a desirable position to be caught in if the ship went down suddenly. "Why don't you -- you the strongest?" whined4 the little engineer. "Gott-for-dam! I am too thick," spluttered the skipper in despair. It was funny enough to make angels weep. They stood idle for a moment, and suddenly the chief engineer rushed again at Jim.
' "Come and help, man! Are you mad to throw your only chance away? Come and help, man! Man! Look there -- look!"
'And at last Jim looked astern where the other pointed5 with maniacal6 insistence7. He saw a silent black squall which had eaten up already one-third of the sky. You know how these squalls come up there about that time of the year. First you see a darkening of the horizon -- no more; then a cloud rises opaque8 like a wall. A straight edge of vapour lined with sickly whitish gleams flies up from the south-west, swallowing the stars in whole constellations9; its shadow flies over the waters, and confounds sea and sky into one abyss of obscurity. And all is still. No thunder, no wind, no sound; not a flicker10 of lightning. Then in the tenebrous immensity a livid arch appears; a
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moody
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| adj.嘲弄的,揶揄的v.嘲笑( jeer的现在分词 ) | |
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burlesque
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