Моби Дик

A Bosom Friend

           SosoonasIhearthatsuchorsuchamangiveshimselfoutforaphilosopher,Iconcludethat,likethedyspepticoldwoman,hemusthave"brokenhisdigester."

           AsIsatthereinthatnowlonelyroom;thefireburninglow,inthatmildstagewhen,afteritsfirstintensityhaswarmedtheair,itthenonlyglowstobelookedat;theeveningshadesandphantomsgatheringroundthecasements,andpeeringinuponussilent,solitarytwain;thestormboomingwithoutinsolemnswells;Ibegantobesensibleofstrangefeelings.Ifeltameltinginme.Nomoremysplinteredheartandmaddenedhandwereturnedagainstthewolfishworld.Thissoothingsavagehadredeemedit.Therehesat,hisveryindifferencespeakinganatureinwhichtherelurkednocivilizedhypocrisiesandblanddeceits.hewas;averysightofsightstosee;yetIbegantofeelmyselfmysteriouslydrawntowardshim.Andthosesamethingsthatwouldhaverepelledmostothers,theyweretheverymagnetsthatthusdrewme.I’lltryapaganfriend,thoughtI,sinceChristiankindnesshasprovedbuthollowcourtesy.Idrewmybenchnearhim,andmadesomefriendlysignsandhints,doingmybesttotalkwithhimmeanwhile.Atfirsthelittlenoticedtheseadvances;butpresently,uponmyreferringtohislastnight’shospitalities,hemadeouttoaskmewhetherwewereagaintobebedfellows.Itoldhimyes;whereatIthoughthelookedpleased,perhapsalittlecomplimented.

           Wethenturnedoverthebooktogether,andIendeavoredtoexplaintohimthepurposeoftheprinting,andthemeaningofthefewpicturesthatwereinit.ThusIsoonengagedhisinterest;andfromthatwewenttojabberingthebestwecouldaboutthevariousoutersightstobeseeninthisfamoustown.SoonIproposedasocialsmoke;and,producinghispouchandtomahawk,hequietlyofferedmeapuff.

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