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The Ship

           Infact,heain’tsick;butno,heisn’twelleither.Anyhow,youngman,hewon’talwaysseeme,soIdon’tsupposehewillthee.He’saqueerman,CaptainAhabsosomethinkbutagoodone.Oh,thou’ltlikehimwellenough;nofear,nofear.He’sagrand,ungodly,god-likeman,CaptainAhab;doesn’tspeakmuch;but,whenhedoesspeak,thenyoumaywelllisten.Markye,beforewarned;Ahab’sabovethecommon;Ahab’sbeenincolleges,aswellas‘mongthecannibals;beenusedtodeeperwondersthanthewaves;fixedhisfierylanceinmightier,strangerfoesthanwhales.Hislance!aye,thekeenestandsurestthatoutofallourisle!Oh!heain’tCaptainBildad;no,andheain’tCaptainPeleg;he’sAhab,boy;andAhabofold,thouknowest,wasacrownedking!"

           "Andaveryvileone.Whenthatwickedkingwasslain,thedogs,didtheynotlickhisblood?"

           "Comehithertomehither,hither,"saidPeleg,withasignificanceinhiseyethatalmoststartledme."Lookye,lad;neversaythatonboardthePequod.Neversayitanywhere.CaptainAhabdidnotnamehimself.’Twasafoolish,ignorantwhimofhiscrazy,widowedmother,whodiedwhenhewasonlyatwelvemonthold.AndyettheoldsquawTistig,atGayhead,saidthatthenamewouldsomehowproveprophetic.And,perhaps,otherfoolslikehermaytelltheethesame.Iwishtowarnthee.It’salie.IknowCaptainAhabwell;I’vesailedwithhimasmateyearsago;knowwhatheisagoodmannotapious,goodman,likeBildad,butaswearinggoodmansomethinglikemeonlythere’sagooddealmoreofhim.Aye,aye,Iknowthathewasneververyjolly;andIknowthatonthepassagehomehewasalittleoutofhismindforaspell;butitwasthesharpshootingpainsinhisbleedingstumpthatbroughtthatabout,asanyonemightsee.

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