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The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud

           Othershavingbrokenthestemsoftheirpipesalmostshortoffatthebowl,werevigorouslypuffingtobacco-smoke,sothatitconstantlyfilledtheirolfactories.

           StubbwasstruckbyashowerofoutcriesandanathemasproceedingfromtheCaptain’sround-houseabaft;andlookinginthatdirectionsawafieryfacethrustfrombehindthedoor,whichwasheldajarfromwithin.Thiswasthetormentedsurgeon,who,afterinvainremonstratingagainsttheproceedingsoftheday,hadbetakenhimselftotheCaptain’sround-house(cabinethecalledit)toavoidthepest;butstill,couldnothelpyellingouthisentreatiesandindignationsattimes.

           Markingallthis,Stubbarguedwellforhisscheme,andturningtotheGuernsey-manhadalittlechatwithhim,duringwhichthestrangermateexpressedhisdetestationofhisCaptainasaconceitedignoramus,whohadbroughtthemallintosounsavoryandunprofitableapickle.Soundinghimcarefully,StubbfurtherperceivedthattheGuernsey-manhadnottheslightestsuspicionconcerningtheambergris.Hethereforeheldhispeaceonthathead,butotherwisewasquitefrankandconfidentialwithhim,sothatthetwoquicklyconcoctedalittleplanforbothcircumventingandsatirizingtheCaptain,withouthisatalldreamingofdistrustingtheirsincerity.Accordingtothislittleplanoftheirs,theGuernsey-man,undercoverofaninterpreter’soffice,wastotelltheCaptainwhathepleased,butascomingfromStubb;andasforStubb,hewastoutteranynonsensethatshouldcomeuppermostinhimduringtheinterview.

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