noon
of the 11th August
When I woke , I found that I had received really very small injuries , considering : but I sat there on the floor a long time in a sulky , morose , disgusted , and bitter mood ; and when I rose , pettishly stopped the ship 's engines , seeing my twelve dead all huddled and disfigured . Now I was afraid to steam by night , and even in the daytime I would not go on for three days : for I was childishly angry with I know not what , and inclined to quarrel with Those whom I could not see . However , on the fourth day , a rough swell which knocked the ship about , and made me very uncomfortable , coaxed me into moving ; and I did so with bows turned eastward and southward . I sighted the Norway coast four days later , in latitude 63 ° 19 ' , at noon of the 11th August , and pricked off my course to follow it ; but it was with a slow and dawdling reluctance that I went , at much less than half-speed . In some eight hours , as I knew from the chart , I ought to sight the lighthouse light on Smoelen Island ; and when quiet night came , the black water being branded with trails of still moonlight , I passed quite close to it , between ten and twelve , almost under the shadow of the mighty hills : but , oh my God , no light was there . And all the way down I marked the rugged sea-board slumber darkling , afar or near , with never , alas ! one friendly light .