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The Ramadan

           "Havetoburstitopen,"saidI,andwasrunningdowntheentryalittle,foragoodstart,whenthelandladycaughtatme,againvowingIshouldnotbreakdownherpremises;butItorefromher,andwithasuddenbodilyrushdashedmyselffullagainstthemark.

           Withaprodigiousnoisethedoorflewopen,andtheknobslammingagainstthewall,senttheplastertotheceiling;andthere,goodheavens!theresatQueequeg,altogethercoolonhishams,andholdingYojoontopofhishead.Helookedneitheronewaynortheotherwaybutsatlikeacarvedimagewithscarceasignofactivelife.

           "Queequeg,"saidI,goinguptohim,"Queequeg,what’sthematterwithyou?"

           "Hehain’tbeenasittin’soallday,hashe?"saidthelandlady.

           Butallwesaid,notawordcouldwedragoutofhim;Ialmostfeltlikepushinghimover,soastochangehisposition,foritwasalmostintolerable,itseemedsopainfullyandunnaturallyconstrained;especially,asinallprobabilityhehadbeensittingsoforupwardsofeightortenhours,goingtoowithouthisregularmeals.

           "Mrs.Hussey,"saidI,"he’saliveatallevents;soleaveus,ifyouplease,andIwillseetothisstrangeaffairmyself."

           Closingthedooruponthelandlady,IendeavoredtoprevailuponQueequegtotakeachair;butinvain.Therehesat;andallhecoulddoforallmypoliteartsandblandishmentshewouldnotmoveapeg,norsayasingleword,norevenlookatme,nornoticemypresenceintheslightestway.

           Iwonder,thoughtI,ifthiscanpossiblybeapartofhisRamadan;dotheyfastontheirhamsthatwayinhisnativeland.

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