bridge-railing

Updated: June 1, 2025

Pike's huge form tense convulsively and involuntarily, and I noted the way his huge hands strained in their clutch on the bridge-railing. Beyond that he controlled himself. "Go on, you," he said. "I'll have nothing out of you. Get into the fo'c's'le." And then, to my surprise, he turned and walked aft along the bridge to where the tug was casting off its lines.

Jack London - The Mutiny of the Elsinore