The Ramadan

           AsQueequeg’sRamadan,orFastingandHumiliation,wastocontinueallday,Ididnotchoosetodisturbhimtilltowardsnight-fall;forIcherishthegreatestrespecttowardseverybody’sreligiousobligations,nevermindhowcomical,andcouldnotfinditinmyhearttoundervalueevenacongregationofantsworshippingatoad-stool;orthoseothercreaturesincertainpartsofourearth,whowithadegreeoffootmanismquiteunprecedentedinotherplanets,bowdownbeforethetorsoofadeceasedlandedproprietormerelyonaccountoftheinordinatepossessionsyetownedandrentedinhisname.

           Isay,wegoodPresbyterianChristiansshouldbecharitableinthesethings,andnotfancyourselvessovastlysuperiortoothermortals,pagansandwhatnot,becauseoftheirhalf-crazyconceitsonthesesubjects.TherewasQueequeg,now,certainlyentertainingthemostabsurdnotionsaboutYojoandhisRamadan;—butwhatofthat?Queequegthoughtheknewwhathewasabout,Isuppose;heseemedtobecontent;andtherelethimrest.Allourarguingwithhimwouldnotavail;lethimbe,Isay:andHeavenhavemercyonusall—PresbyteriansandPagansalike—forweareallsomehowdreadfullycrackedaboutthehead,andsadlyneedmending.

           Towardsevening,whenIfeltassuredthatallhisperformancesandritualsmustbeover,Iwenttohisroomandknockedatthedoor;butnoanswer.Itriedtoopenit,butitwasfastenedinside."Queequeg,"saidIsoftlythroughthekey-hole:—allsilent."Isay,Queequeg!whydon’tyouspeak?It’sI—Ishmael."Butallremainedstillasbefore.Ibegantogrowalarmed.Ihadallowedhimsuchabundanttime;Ithoughthemighthavehadanapoplecticfit.Ilookedthroughthekey-hole;butthedooropeningintoanoddcorneroftheroom,thekey-holeprospectwasbutacrookedandsinisterone.

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