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As

Wolf

Larsen

bent

down

to

the

lower

bunk

to

take

Johnson

's

pulse

,

I

,

standing

erect

and

holding

the

lamp

,

saw

Leach

's

head

rise

stealthily

as

he

peered

over

the

side

of

his

bunk

to

see

what

was

going

on

.

He

must

have

divined

Wolf

Larsen

's

trick

and

the

sureness

of

detection

,

for

the

light

was

at

once

dashed

from

my

hand

and

the

forecastle

was

left

in

darkness

.

He

must

have

leaped

,

also

,

at

the

same

instant

,

straight

down

on

Wolf

Larsen

.

The

first

sounds

were

those

of

a

conflict

between

a

bull

and

a

wolf

.

I

heard

a

great

infuriated

bellow

go

up

from

Wolf

Larsen

,

and

from

Leach

a

snarling

that

was

desperate

and

blood-curdling

.

Johnson

must

have

joined

him

immediately

,

so

that

his

abject

and

grovelling

conduct

on

deck

for

the

past

few

days

had

been

no

more

than

planned

deception

.

I

was

so

terror-stricken

by

this

fight

in

the

dark

that

I

leaned

against

the

ladder

,

trembling

and

unable

to

ascend

.

And

upon

me

was

that

old

sickness

at

the

pit

of

the

stomach

,

caused

always

by

the

spectacle

of

physical

violence

.

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In

this

instance

I

could

not

see

,

but

I

could

hear

the

impact

of

the

blows

--

the

soft

crushing

sound

made

by

flesh

striking

forcibly

against

flesh

.

Then

there

was

the

crashing

about

of

the

entwined

bodies

,

the

laboured

breathing

,

the

short

quick

gasps

of

sudden

pain

.

There

must

have

been

more

men

in

the

conspiracy

to

murder

the

captain

and

mate

,

for

by

the

sounds

I

knew

that

Leach

and

Johnson

had

been

quickly

reinforced

by

some

of

their

mates

.

"

Get

a

knife

somebody

!

"

Leach

was

shouting

.

"

Pound

him

on

the

head

!

Mash

his

brains

out

!

"

was

Johnson

's

cry

.

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But

after

his

first

bellow

,

Wolf

Larsen

made

no

noise

.

He

was

fighting

grimly

and

silently

for

life

.

He

was

sore

beset

.

Down

at

the

very

first

,

he

had

been

unable

to

gain

his

feet

,

and

for

all

of

his

tremendous

strength

I

felt

that

there

was

no

hope

for

him

.

The

force

with

which

they

struggled

was

vividly

impressed

on

me

;

for

I

was

knocked

down

by

their

surging

bodies

and

badly

bruised

.

But

in

the

confusion

I

managed

to

crawl

into

an

empty

lower

bunk

out

of

the

way

.

"

All

hands

!

We

've

got

him

!

We

've

got

him

!

"

I

could

hear

Leach

crying

.

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