标题: 《The Derelict》作者： - William Hope Hodgson【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-11-5 09:31 标题: 《The Derelict》作者： - William Hope Hodgson【EPUB】 The Derelict William Hope Hodgson This page copyright ?? 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com "IT'S THE MATERIAL," said the old ship's doctor--"the material plus the conditions--and, maybe," he added slowly, "a third factor-- yes, a third factor; but there, there----" He broke off his half-meditative sentence and began to charge his pipe. "Go on, doctor," we said encouragingly, and with more than a little expectancy. We were in the smoke-room of the Sand-a-lea, running across the North Atlantic; and the doctor was a character. He concluded the charging of his pipe, and lit it; then settled himself, and began to express himself more fully. "The material," he said with conviction, "is inevitably the medium of expression of the life-force--the fulcrum, as it were; lacking which it is unable to exert itself, or, indeed, to express itself in any form or fashion that would be intelligible or evident