The Town-Ho’s Story

           (AstoldattheGoldenInn)

           TheCapeofGoodHope,andallthewateryregionroundaboutthere,ismuchlikesomenotedfourcornersofagreathighway,whereyoumeetmoretravellersthaninanyotherpart.

           ItwasnotverylongafterspeakingtheGoneythatanotherhomeward-boundwhaleman,theTown-Ho,wasencountered.ShewasmannedalmostwhollybyPolynesians.IntheshortgamthatensuedshegaveusstrongnewsofMobyDick.TosomethegeneralinterestintheWhiteWhalewasnowwildlyheightenedbyacircumstanceoftheTown-Ho’sstory,whichseemedobscurelytoinvolvewiththewhaleacertainwondrous,invertedvisitationofoneofthosesocalledjudgmentsofGodwhichattimesaresaidtoovertakesomemen.Thislattercircumstance,withitsownparticularaccompaniments,formingwhatmaybecalledthesecretpartofthetragedyabouttobenarrated,neverreachedtheearsofCaptainAhaborhismates.ForthatsecretpartofthestorywasunknowntothecaptainoftheTown-Hohimself.Itwastheprivatepropertyofthreeconfederatewhiteseamenofthatship,oneofwhom,itseems,communicatedittoTashtegowithRomishinjunctionsofsecrecy,butthefollowingnightTashtegorambledinhissleep,andrevealedsomuchofitinthatway,thatwhenhewaswakenedhecouldnotwellwithholdtherest.

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