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Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb

           whenthissortofsteadyquietudewouldbegintoprevail,habitually,thesilentsteersmanwouldwatchthecabin-scuttle;anderelongtheoldmanwouldemerge,grippingattheironbanister,tohelphiscrippledway.Someconsideringtouchofhumanitywasinhim;forattimeslikethese,heusuallyabstainedfrompatrollingthequarter-deck;becausetohisweariedmates,seekingreposewithinsixinchesofhisivoryheel,suchwouldhavebeenthereverberatingcrackanddinofthatbonystep,thattheirdreamswouldhavebeenonthecrunchingteethofsharks.Butonce,themoodwasonhimtoodeepforcommonregardings;andaswithheavy,lumber-likepacehewasmeasuringtheshipfromtaffrailtomainmast,Stubb,theoldsecondmate,cameupfrombelow,withacertainunassured,deprecatinghumorousness,hintedthatifCaptainAhabwaspleasedtowalktheplanks,then,noonecouldsaynay;buttheremightbesomewayofmufflingthenoise;hintingsomethingindistinctlyandhesitatinglyaboutaglobeoftow,andtheinsertionintoit,oftheivoryheel.Ah!Stubb,thoudidstnotknowAhabthen.

           "AmIacannon-ball,Stubb,"saidAhab,"thatthouwouldstwadmethatfashion?Butgothyways;Ihadforgot.Belowtothynightlygrave;wheresuchasyesleepbetweenshrouds,touseyetothefillingoneatlast.Down,dog,andkennel!"

           Startingattheunforseenconcludingexclamationofthesosuddenlyscornfuloldman,Stubbwasspeechlessamoment;thensaidexcitedly,"Iamnotusedtobespokentothatway,sir;Idobutlessthanhalflikeit,sir."

           "Avast!grittedAhabbetweenhissetteeth,andviolentlymovingaway,asiftoavoidsomepassionatetemptation.

           "No,sir;notyet,"saidStubb,emboldened,"Iwillnottamelybecalledadog,sir."

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