Моби Дик

The Chase — Third Day

           Heseemedswimmingwithhisutmostvelocity,andnowonlyintentuponpursuinghisownstraightpathinthesea.

           "Oh!Ahab,"criedStarbuck,"nottoolateisit,evennow,thethirdday,todesist.See!MobyDickseekstheenot.Itisthou,thou,thatmadlyseekesthim!"

           Settingsailtotherisingwind,thelonelyboatwasswiftlyimpelledtoleeward,bybothoarsandcanvas.AndatlastwhenAhabwasslidingbythevessel,sonearasplainlytodistinguishStarbuck’sfaceasheleanedovertherail,hehailedhimtoturnthevesselabout,andfollowhim,nottooswiftly,atajudiciousinterval.GlancingupwardshesawTashtego,Queequeg,andDaggoo,eagerlymountingtothethreemast-heads;whiletheoarsmenwererockinginthetwostavedboatswhichhadjustbeenhoistedtotheside,andwerebusilyatworkinrepairingthem.Oneaftertheother,throughtheport-holes,ashesped,healsocaughtflyingglimpsesofStubbandFlask,busyingthemselvesondeckamongbundlesofnewironsandlances.Ashesawallthis;asheheardthehammersinthebrokenboats;farotherhammersseemeddrivinganailintohisheart.Butherallied.Andnowmarkingthatthevaneorflagwasgonefromthemain-mast-head,heshoutedtoTashtego,whohadjustgainedthatperch,todescendagainforanotherflag,andahammerandnails,andsonailittothemast.

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