The Sea Wolf Chapter 9

In which a brief respite aboard the Ghost engenders a tempest of human passions and power struggles, as the narrator faces the fierce cruelty of both man and circumstance with a resolute spirit tempered by fear. The clash of wills and the sharpening of blades give grim form to the savage little world contained within the ship’s galley, where survival hinges upon wit and tempered courage amid a company of hardened men.