Моби Дик

Leg and Arm

           "Oh!"criedtheone-armedcaptain,"oh,yes!Well;afterhesounded,wedidn’tseehimagainforsometime;infact,asIbeforehinted,Ididn’tthenknowwhatwhaleitwasthathadservedmesuchatrick,tillsometimeafterwards,whencomingbacktotheLine,weheardaboutMobyDickassomecallhimandthenIknewitwashe."

           "Did’stthoucrosshiswakeagain?"

           "Twice."

           "Butcouldnotfasten?"

           "Didn’twanttotryto;ain’tonelimbenough?WhatshouldIdowithoutthisotherarm?AndI’mthinkingMobyDickdoesn’tbitesomuchasheswallows."

           "Well,then,"interruptedBunger,"givehimyourleftarmforbaittogettheright.Doyouknow,gentlemen"—verygravelyandmathematicallybowingtoeachCaptaininsuccession—"Doyouknow,gentlemen,thatthedigestiveorgansofthewhalearesoinscrutablyconstructedbyDivineProvidence,thatitisquiteimpossibleforhimtocompletelydigestevenaman’sarm?Andheknowsittoo.SothatwhatyoutakefortheWhiteWhale’smaliceisonlyhisawkwardness.Forhenevermeanstoswallowasinglelimb;heonlythinkstoterrifybyfeints.Butsometimesheisliketheoldjugglingfellow,formerlyapatientofmineinCeylon,thatmakingbelieveswallowjack-knives,onceuponatimeletonedropintohimingoodearnest,andthereitstayedforatwelvemonthormore;whenIgavehimanemetic,andheheaveditupinsmalltacks,d’yesee?Nopossiblewayforhimtodigestthatjack-knife,andfullyincorporateitintohisgeneralbodilysystem.

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