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Stubb’s Supper

           Though,inoverseeingthepursuitofthiswhale,CaptainAhabhadevincedhiscustomaryactivity,tocallitso;yetnowthatthecreaturewasdead,somevaguedissatisfaction,orimpatience,ordespair,seemedworkinginhim;asifthesightofthatdeadbodyremindedhimthatMobyDickwasyettobeslain;andthoughathousandotherwhaleswerebroughttohisship,allthatwouldnotonejotadvancehisgrand,monomaniacobject.VerysoonyouwouldhavethoughtfromthesoundonthePequod’sdecks,thatallhandswerepreparingtocastanchorinthedeep;forheavychainsarebeingdraggedalongthedeck,andthrustrattlingoutoftheport-holes.Butbythoseclankinglinks,thevastcorpseitself,nottheship,istobemoored.Tiedbytheheadtothestern,andbythetalltothebows,thewhalenowlieswithitsblackhullclosetothevessel’s,andseenthroughthedarknessofthenight,whichobscuredthesparsandriggingaloft,thetwoshipandwhale,seemedyokedtogetherlikecolossalbullocks,whereofonereclineswhiletheotherremainsstanding.

           IfmoodyAhabwasnowallquiescence,atleastsofarascouldbeknownondeck,Stubb,hissecondmate,flushedwithconquest,betrayedanunusualbutstillgood-naturedexcitement.SuchanunwontedbustlewasheinthatthestaidStarbuck,hisofficialsuperior,quietlyresignedtohimforthetimethesolemanagementofaffairs.Onesmall,helpingcauseofallthislivelinessinStubb,wassoonmadestrangelymanifest.

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