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Stubb’s Supper

           "Andyouhavelivedinthisworldhardupononehundredyears,cook,anddon’tknowyethowtocookawhale-steak?"rapidlyboltinganothermouthfulatthelastword,sothatmorselseemedacontinuationofthequestion."Wherewereyouborn,cook?"

           "’Hinddehatchway,inferry-boat,goin’oberdeRoanoke."

           "Borninaferry-boat!That’squeer,too.ButIwanttoknowwhatcountryyouwerebornin,cook!"

           "Didn’tIsaydeRoanokecountry?"hecriedsharply.

           "No,youdidn’t,cook;butI’lltellyouwhatI’mcomingto,cook.Youmustgohomeandbebornoveragain;youdon’tknowhowtocookawhale-steakyet."

           "Bressmysoul,ifIcooknoderone,"hegrowled,angrily,turningroundtodepart.

           "Comebackhere,cook;here,handmethosetongs;nowtakethatbitofsteakthere,andtellmeifyouthinkthatsteakcookedasitshouldbe?Takeit,Isay"—holdingthetongstowardshim—"takeit,andtasteit."

           Faintlysmackinghiswitheredlipsoveritforamoment,theoldnegromuttered,"Bestcooked‘teakIebertaste;joosy,berryjoosy."

           "Cook,"saidStubb,squaringhimselfoncemore;"doyoubelongtothechurch?"

           "PassedoneonceinCape-Down,"saidtheoldmansullenly.

           "AndyouhaveonceinyourlifepassedaholychurchinCape-Town,whereyoudoubtlessoverheardaholyparsonaddressinghishearersashisbelovedfellow-creatures,haveyou,cook!Andyetyoucomehere,andtellmesuchadreadfullieasyoudidjustnow,eh?"saidStubb.

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