Morrel raised his hand to heaven with a resigned expression of lofty gratitude, thanking my emperor. He said that you hit me alone.

Although the Englishman is usually very emotional, his eyes are moist at this time.
Come in, come in, Morrel said. I expected you all at the door.
Before he could finish, Madame Morrel came in. She was crying very sadly. Emmanuel followed her in the living room, and there were seven naked sailors. At the sight of these people, the Englishman took a step forward, but then he restrained himself and retreated to the farthest corner of the room. Madame Morrel sat down beside her husband and took his hand. Yuri Eberwein still rested her head on his shoulder. Emmanuel seemed to play the role of a sailor at the door of Morrel’s family in the middle of the room.
What happened? Morrel’s question
Come here, penelon, said the young man. Tell me what happened.
An old sailor, tan by that tropical sun, took a few steps forward, roll a broken hat with both hands. hello, Mr. Morrel, he said as if he had just returned from Marseille or Toulon last night.
Hello, penelon morrel answered. He smiled but could not help but burst into tears. Where is the captain?
Captain Morrel, he is ill and has stayed in Paloma. Thank God, he is not very ill, and you will see him recover in a few days.
Good. Now you tell the story. Peneron chewed tobacco in his mouth from the right to the left, covered his mouth with his hand, turned his head and vomited a big mouthful of tobacco juice. Then he spoke with a fork. You see, Mr. Morel, he said that we sailed peacefully for a week and then sailed in a slow south-west south wind at the Cape Blanc, Bogada, and suddenly Captain eggplant Matt came to me. I have to tell you that I was at the helm. He said Peneron, look at those clouds rising over there. I’m watching those clouds, too. I think they’re rising too fast. It’s not because I don’t think that’s a good sign, otherwise it wouldn’t be so dark. I think so, too. The captain said I’d take precautions first
We have too many sails. It’s a close call to let loose the sails and pull down the triangular sails. The order was that the wind drove our boat to tilt up just now.
Hey, the captain said that we were still pulling too much sail, and the big sail fell five minutes later, so we had to sail with the stern sail.
Hey, Captain Penyon said, why are you shaking your head? I said, I don’t think it will stop there. You are right. He replied that we are going to have a strong wind. The strong wind is more than a strong wind. We are going to have a storm. Otherwise, even if I was mistaken, you can see that the wind is blowing like gray sand in Mondriton. Fortunately, the captain is familiar with this kind of thing. Pay attention to the top sail. The captain shouted that the rigging should be loosened and tied down, and the mast sail should be pulled up.
It’s not enough to do this at that latitude, and the Englishman said, it’s me, so I put the top sail four times and pulled off the tail sail
Everyone was taken aback by his firm and loud unexpected sound. Peneron put his hand over his eyes and carefully concluded that he criticized the captain and technician. We did a better job, sir. The old sailor said irreverently, we put the stern in the wind and ran downwind. Ten minutes later, we pulled off the top sail and sailed bareheaded.
That ship is too old to stand such a risk, said the Englishman
Oh, that’s what ruined us. After 12 hours of turbulence, the ship got a leak and got into the water. Captain Penyon said, I think we are sinking. Give me the rudder and look at it in the cabin. I gave it to him and went there. It’s already three feet deep. But it’s too late. It seems that the more we pump, the more we come in. After pumping for four hours, I said, since we are sinking, let’s sink. We have to die once. That’s how you set an example. Captain Penyon shouted, Great, wait for him to
Well done, said the Englishman
The main road was made clear, but the courage came. The sailor went on to say that at that time, the wind weakened and the sea calmed down, but the water kept rising. Although it was not much, it kept rising. Two inches per hour did not seem to be much, but twelve hours made it two feet, and two feet plus our first three feet made it five feet. Come on, the captain said, we have done our best. Mr. Morel can’t blame us any more. Go to the lifeboat as soon as possible, children.
Alas, Peneron continued, you know that a sailor of Morrel is reluctant to lose his ship, but even more reluctant to lose his life. We acted without waiting for him to say it again. The more it was, the faster the ship sank, as if to say, let’s go, run for your life. Our horse put the boat in the water and everyone jumped in. To be more accurate, the captain was the last one. He refused to leave the ship, so I picked him up and threw him into the boat, and then I jumped with him. It was a close call. I just jumped off the deck and boom. After ten minutes, the ship leaned forward and then turned over several times, so everything was over. The Pharaoh disappeared from us for three days, and we didn’t eat or drink, so we decided to draw lots to decide which one to see. When the rest of us died, we sent a distress signal. It saw us coming to us and saved us all.
Alas, Mr. Morrel, that’s the truth. Is it true that a sailor’s oath of honor is true? Tell the rest of you, too. This narrative has faithfully described their unfortunate suffering in detail
All right, all right, Mr. Morrel said, I know none of you are right. This is to blame. This is the will of the emperor. How much salary do I owe you?
Oh, well, shouldn’t we, Mr. Morrel
No, we need to talk.
Okay, so it’s three months, penelon said
Kirkles paid 200 francs to each of these honest people. Morrel said that if he said at another time, I would say that I would give them another 200 francs as a bonus, but times are different. I don’t have any money now.
Peneron turned to his companion to discuss a few words.
To that Mr. Morrel, he said, turning the piece of tobacco in his mouth to that
In what?
That money
what’s up
We all say that fifty francs is enough for us at present, and we can wait for the rest.
Thank you, my friends. Thank you, Morrel said, putting his hand on his heart.
Take it. Take it. Suppose you can find another boss. Fuck him. You can go.
These last words had a strange effect on the sailors.
Peneron almost swallowed his tobacco, but luckily he vomited again.
What, Mr. Morrel? He said in a low voice, Did you send us away? So you are angry with us, aren’t you?
No, no, m. morrel said, I’m not angry, and I’m not trying to send you away. I have no boat, and I don’t need any sailors anymore.
There’s no boat, penelon replied. Yeah, but you can rebuild it. We’ll wait
I have no money to build any more ships. The owner of Penelon said with a sad smile, I can accept your kindness.
There is no money, so you must not pay us any more. We can go hand in hand like Pharaoh.
Enough, enough, cried my friends Morrel. He is almost crushed. Go, I beg you. Let’s meet again when things are better in the future. Emmanuel will accompany them and do as I say.
Can we meet again soon, Mr. Morrel? asked Penelon.
I don’t have many friends, so I hope to go now. He motioned to Kirkles that Kirkles would go first, and the sailors followed him. Emmanuel was at the end. Now the owner said to his wife and daughter that you should go, too. I think this gentleman talked alone for a while, and after glancing at the chief representative of Thomson French Bank, he finally sat in that corner in this scene. Except for those words we met, he didn’t move. Two women looked at this man, and they had forgotten that he was still there, so he was there. I went back to Yuri Eberwein, and when I left the room, I cast a pleading look at the stranger and gave her a smile. At that time, an interested bystander was present, and I would be surprised to see his serious face smiling like this. At this time, there were two men left in the room. Alas, Mr. Morrel fell into a chair and said, you have heard me. I have nothing more to tell you.