Max Pemberton

Name: The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA
Author: Max Pemberton

The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

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“The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA”, published in 1901, is a work by Max Pemberton. It explores elements such as Burke, hurricane and yacht.

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Max Pemberton, The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

“ And he was in the very throes of a wild speech of exhortation when the Nero fired, for the second time, as she rose upon a mighty wave, and her shell, striking the yacht abaft the engine-room, but well above the water-line, carried away the bulwarks and shivered the skylight of the saloon into countless atoms. For long moments after the loud report a cloud of thick choking smoke held down upon the deck of the yacht, but when it cleared away, three men lay dead of those about the gun, and the Scotchman was not to be seen. ”

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Max Pemberton, The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

“ All this time the bellowing of Burke upon the bridge was scarcely audible in the shriek of the wind, which seemed to gather new strength from its momentary rest. The scattered billows of cloud were now bound together by the hurricane in an arc of dense blackness, whence the rain descended, and whipped the faces of the men until both they and those upon the cruiser abandoned all attempts at further exchange of shell and shot, and went onward, onward, to the horizon of blackness and the very depths of the hurricane. ”

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Max Pemberton, The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

“ Men, roaring like beasts, began to work the Nordenfelt wildly, or shook their fists in savage rage, or begged for liquor in the moments when reaction brought a new terror. The very deck they worked on was all slippery with foam and wet, making passage difficult, and the splinters of the broken woodwork, splashed with the blood of the dead, washed about in little pools near the scuppers. ”

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Max Pemberton, The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

“ At the words, he shouted down the tube for more coal, though the men were already reeling under the work, and the furnaces were white hot with an irradiant heat, which was almost unbearable in the stoke-hole. To hope for greater speed was the dream of a dreamer; yet, despite all that was being done, the two vessels maintained their relative places, and it had already become clear that, if there was no coming-between of chance, the yacht must be taken.
When Burke had exhausted his breath in childish abuse to his engineers, the humble mate, Parker, ventured to speak again. ”

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Max Pemberton, The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

“ As for the poor fellows who had gone down, they let them lie where they fell, their protruding eyes looking up with a glassy and rigid gaze to the heaven they could not see; their bodies rolling with the way of the ship, or even being trodden upon by the maddened brutes over whom the pall of capture loomed so threateningly. ”

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Max Pemberton, The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

“ It is an old remark that in moments of great danger the least oscillation in the balance of fortune is construed by those whom it favours as a great victory. No sooner did the crew hear Hal's words than they shouted with a savage joy which was as repulsive as their ravings of an hour ago. ”

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Max Pemberton, The Sea Wolves — VIII. SOUTH FOR CORUNNA (1901)

“ Meanwhile the fact that the yacht was distancing the Nero was indisputable. She must have been then three miles from her, and it seemed possible that before night she would have run right out of sight.
To Messenger the time looked more than opportune for the shoot from the shore; but Burke enlightened him with one of those surprises which he appeared to gloat over.
"You're a mighty smart talker ashore. Prince," said he; "but you ain't worth a dollar a month, let alone a dime, at this business. Do you think ez I'm going to shift for Montevideo with the matter of a hundred ton of coal aboard?" ”

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