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The Town-Ho’s Story

           Nevertheless,sopotentaninfluencedidthisthinghaveonthoseseameninthePequodwhocametothefullknowledgeofit,andbysuchastrangedelicacy,tocallitso,weretheygovernedinthismatter,thattheykeptthesecretamongthemselvessothatitnevertranspiredabaftthePequod’smain-mast.Interweavinginitsproperplacethisdarkerthreadwiththestoryaspubliclynarratedontheship,thewholeofthisstrangeaffairInowproceedtoputonlastingrecord.

           Formyhumor’ssake,IshallpreservethestyleinwhichIoncenarrateditatLima,toaloungingcircleofmySpanishfriends,onesaint’seve,smokinguponthethick-gilttiledpiazzaoftheGoldenInn.Ofthosefinecavaliers,theyoungDons,PedroandSebastian,wereontheclosertermswithme;andhencetheinterludingquestionstheyoccasionallyput,andwhicharedulyansweredatthetime.

           "SometwoyearspriortomyfirstlearningtheeventswhichIamaboutrehearsingtoyou,gentlemen,theTown-Ho,SpermWhalerofNantucket,wascruisinginyourPacifichere,notverymanydays’saileastwardfromtheeavesofthisgoodGoldenInn.ShewassomewheretothenorthwardoftheLine.Onemorninguponhandlingthepumpsaccordingtodailyusage,itwasobservedthatshemademorewaterinherholdthancommon.Theysupposedasword-fishhadstabbedher,gentlemen.

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