Marlow is telling us all about the ship as they wade through the water. Its apperantly not in the best of shape after it collided with the other ship, and it turns out it wasn't a glancing blow. As the ship cruises through the wicked storm outside, Marlow describes the wood on the ship to be "magical; the wood planks are turning into matchsticks before my eyes." Marlow is also quite worried about the storm itself, and how its gone on for a while. He says its like a hell for sailors, where they all forgot whast day, week, month and even year it is and competely occupy themselves with maintaining the ship the best they can before they get to cornwall.
I'm starting to feel some compassion for Marlow, and i feel pretty bad that he has to go through all this, because i've seen how bad it can get out there on shows like 'Deadliest Catch' from the Discovery Channel. The book itself i think has pretty much reached its climax and i'll save the rest of it for another day. I hope they make it into port alright, but I'm sure they will since he writes a few more books.
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