I no longer
desired to die but rather to live and in life, not in the tomb, to find
forgetfulness.
We reached the quay and placed the horses in a shed that served as
stables there, ridding them of their bits and saddles that they might
eat of the hay in the racks. The thought to do this came to me, which
showed that my mind was working again since still I could attend to the
wants of other creatures. Then we went to the quayside where was made
fast that boat in which I had come ashore some hours gone. There was a
moon which now and again showed between the drifting clouds, and by
the light of it I saw that the _Blanche_ lay safe at her anchors not a
bowshot away. The gale had fallen much with the rising of the moon,
as it often does, and so it came about that although the boat was
over-large for two men to handle rightly, Kari and I, by watching our
chance, were able to row it to the ship, on to which we climbed by the
ladder.
Here we found a sailor on watch who was amazed to see us, and with his
help, made the boat fast by the tow rope to the stern of the ship.
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