Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Clark Russell
Excerpt from Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 2 of 3
It was cold, but the sweep of the dry night-wind was refreshing and inspiriting to me, who had been confined to my cabin all day. A bull’s eye lamp burnt under the overhanging ledge of the poop-deck. Beneath it was the clock, and the small hand was close upon one. The gleams of the lamp touched no living figure, and so lonely looked the ship that I could have easily supposed myself the only human being on board of her.
First published September 27, 2015
