THE STORM CELLAR DOORS
VAN wrote:Once at the door Tom attempts to open it staying as closer to the wall as possible and having his shield in front of him in case the thugs are outside ready to attack.
Tom pushes the doors open.
He sees a man near the opening, crouching over someone lying prone.
Beyond the two men, a big bush looms up, blocking out part of the night sky.
The crouching man holds a candle. A small sack lies on the ground near him.
As Tom opens the door, the man turns from the prone figure and lifts a club.
" I'll clobber you!"
He moves to place himself between the laid-out figure and Tom.
"You
bastards shot my brother!"
Tom hearts footfalls moving off further out.
Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.
-from Moby Dick (Hermann Melville)