Morgan is released to assist the Surgeon
When Admiral后发现四艘船在顺风处出现并发出追击信号时，船上一切准备就绪以备交战。此时Mackshane预见自己需要多于一名助手，便使Morgan重获自由，而Narrator仍被囚禁在这种悲惨的境况中，暴露于战斗的危险之中。
Remaining fettered on the poop and exposed to the enemy’s shot
当夜幕降临时，他们追上最后一名追击者，对方回应说他们是法国军舰。Oakum船长命令对方派小艇过来，但遭到拒绝。战斗以猛烈的炮火开始，Narrator在这种无助的境况下度过了一整夜的恐惧。他看到战友们不断攻击敌人，彼此鼓励，相比之下自己的处境更加悲惨。一位海军陆战队军官的头颅被击中，弹到Narrator脸上，差点让他失明。随后一名鼓手被击中腹部，倒在Narrator胸前。这些事件彻底夺走了他的自制力，他变得疯狂，大声咒骂，直到精疲力竭。
Morgan speaking freely of the captain
战斗持续到第二天黎明，Oakum船长假装认出了对方旗帜的颜色，声称以为他们是西班牙人。随后海军陆战队前来访问Narrator，Morgan率先爬上来，看到Narrator脸上满是脑浆和血迹，以为他已无生还可能。Morgan情绪激动地叫Thompson上来与他告别，但Narrator很快澄清自己并未受致命伤。他们开始自由地谈论所受的苦难，并畅所欲言地评价导致他们苦难的罪魁祸首。然而哨兵的监听导致Morgan再次被监禁，Thompson也受到警告。
Thompson grows desperate and goes overboard
Thompson意识到自己将独自承担照顾伤病员的重担，还要承受Mackshane的残忍对待，绝望之中他用可怕的诅咒诅咒压迫者，宣布宁愿放弃生命，也不愿继续在这些野蛮人的权力下受苦。Narrator和Morgan试图通过比较各自的苦难和宗教劝导来安慰他，但Thompson泪流满面地离开。深夜十一点左右他再次来访，透露自己被医生严重侮辱，指控他与他们串通一气要谋害医生和船长的性命。离开前他紧握Narrator的手说“上帝保佑你们两位“。第二天早上，他被发现失踪了——显然在夜间投海自尽。
第三十章
The chapter introduces the narrator and his companion Morgan, who lament the death of their fellow prisoner Thompson. The Captain offers Morgan his liberty to look after patients, but Morgan refuses until he learns why he was confined. Captain Oakum orders both men brought before him on the quarter-deck, where he presides with his clerk and Doctor Mackshane as counsellor. The mock trial proceeds with Oakum declaring his power to execute them without judge or jury, while Morgan’s fellow-sufferer invokes justice in heaven as well as on earth. The proceedings degenerate into a farce of false accusations, corrupt testimony, religious persecution, and linguistic deception, ultimately resulting in both prisoners being remanded to custody.
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