During those three days of fog I had not caught sight of Dirk Peters , or rather he had made no attempt to approach , but had remained inflexibly at his post by the boat .
За эти три дня тумана я не заметил Дирка Питерса, или, скорее, он не сделал попытки приблизиться, а непреклонно оставался на своем посту у лодки.