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"Do not let your senses be imposed upon by a distempered imagination," said I; "there is no reality in the things you have told XXXX me." "Perhaps my mind occasionally wanders a little, for it has a heavy burden upon it," returned Morvalden. "I have been guilty of a dreadful crime. Many that now lie in the deep below us might start up and accuse me of what I am just going to reveal to you.
You make this young man toil from morning to night, and take advantage of his good nature in the most shameful manner." "Peace, infamous woman!" said Morvalden; "I know very well why you stand up in his defence; but I'll put a stop to the intimacy that exists between you. Go to your room instantly! You are my wife, and shall obey me."
Neither Angerstoff nor Morvalden seemed to sympathise with my distress, or even to care that I should have it in my power to leave the vessel, except in so far as my departure would free them from the expense of supporting me. They returned indistinct and repulsive answers to all the questions I asked, and appeared anxious to avoid having the least communication with me.
It is very terrible to be shut up in such narrow limits with those who hate me, and to have no means of escaping, or defending myself from their infernal machinations." "Why do you not leave the beacon," inquired I, "and abandon your companion and guilty wife?" "Ah, that is impossible," answered Morvalden; "if I went on shore I would forfeit my liberty.
I grew sick at heart, and began to identify myself with Angerstoff the murderer. The sea, the beacon, and the sky, appeared of a sanguine hue; and I thought I heard the dying exclamations of Morvalden sounding a hundred fathom below me, and echoing through the caverns of the deep.
I seized the first rope I could find, and threw one end of it over the stern, and likewise flung some planks into the sea, thinking that the unfortunate Morvalden might still retain strength enough to catch hold of them if they came within his reach. I continued on the watch for a considerable time, but at last abandoned all hopes of saving him, and made another attempt to get down to the cabin.
"I am master here," said Morvalden, "and have been intrusted with the direction of everything. Do not attempt to trifle with me." "Trifle with you!" exclaimed Angerstoff, looking contemptuously. "No, no, I am no trifler; and I advise you to walk up-stairs again, lest I prove this to your cost." "Why, husband," cried Marietta, "I believe there are no bounds to your laziness.
"How do you know that?" said he, staggering back; "I'm sure you never saw " "Hush, hush," cried Marietta to him; "are you mad? Speak again! What frightens you? Why don't you run and help Morvalden?" "Has XXXX anything happened to him?" inquired Angerstoff, with a gaze of consternation. "You told us he had fallen overboard," returned Marietta; "must my husband perish?"
"Give me some water to wash my hands," said Angerstoff, growing deadly pale, and catching hold of the table for support. I now hastened upon deck, but Morvalden was not there. I then went to the side of the vessel, and put my hands on the gunwale, while I leaned over, and looked downwards. On taking them off, I found them marked with blood.
"Beware what you say," returned he fiercely, "you cannot escape my power now I tell you, sir, Morvalden fell overboard." "Whence, then, came that blood that covered the deck?" inquired I. He grew pale, and then cried, "You lie you lie infernally there was none!" "I saw it," said I "I saw Morvalden himself long after midnight.
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