When I came to my senses again I was in adark place. Someone had tied my hands and feet. Iheard a loud noise of water，the wind in the sails，and the seamen’s cries. The whole world was risingand falling. I was sick and dizzy and hurt. My mindwas not clear and at first I could not understand anything.
Then I knew. I was lying somewhere insidethe terrible ship Covenant，and a storm was blowing.
I saw the danger to my life. I was ashamed andangry. I had let my uncle trick me again. I had letthe captain kidnap me. I was a prisoner！All hopeleft me.
How long did I lie in that dark place？I couldnot guess. Day and night were the same. There wasan evil smell，and sometimes rats ran over my face，What was happening？Was the ship breaking on arock？Or was it going down to the bottom of thesea？Sleep came to me at last. but my dreams wereterrible.
等我清醒過來的時候，發現自己躺在一個黑洞洞的地方，手腳是被捆住的。耳邊是海水的咆哮聲、船帆上的風聲和水手們的喊叫聲。
一切都在上下搖動，我感到頭暈、惡心，腦子也是胡裏胡塗。起初，我簡直不明白是怎麼回事。後來，我明白了：我是被裝在“契約”號這隻可憎的船裏，外麵正起著風暴。
我意識到自己有生命危險。我是既羞愧，又憤怒。我又一次上了叔叔的當，讓船長把我拐走了，成了一名囚犯！我絕望了。
我不知道我在那個黑古隆咚的地方躺了多久，也分不清黑夜和白晝。那裏有一股刺鼻的臭味。有時，老鼠還在我臉上跑來跑去。這是怎麼回事？船是觸礁了？還是在往海底沉？後來，我終於睡著了，但做了許多噩夢。
A light shone on my face and I awoke. A smallman was looking down at me. He had fair hair andgreen eyes.
“We ll，”he said，“how a re you ？”
I was too weak to answer. The man examinedmy head，and washed the wound in it.
“It ’s a ba d cut，”he said.“Che e r u p，ma n！
Life ’s not ove r ye t. Ha ve you ha d a ny food ？”
I said I could not eat. So he gave me somebrandy and water and went away.
When he came again，I was half asleep，half awake.
I was not sick now，but I was very dizzy. Everypart of my body was aching，too. The ropes onmy hands and feet burnt like fire. I was afraid ofthe rats which were always there.
I was glad when I saw the light. First the manwith the green eyes came down a ladder. He wasfollowed by the captain.
They did not speak. The man examined meand cleaned my wound again. Hoseason watchedand gave me a strange，black look.
“Now，s ir，you c a n s e e ，”said the small man，“ahigh fe ve r，no light，no food . You s e e the me a ning oftha t.”
一道光亮照到我的臉上，我醒來了。一個矮身材的人俯首看著我。他的頭發淡黃，眼睛碧綠。
“喂，你怎麼樣啦？”他問。
我身體太弱了，實在沒有力氣回答。那人檢查了一下我的頭部，洗了洗我頭上的傷口。他說：