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The Monkey-Rope

           Therefore,IsawthatherewasasortofinterregnuminProvidence;foritseven-handedequitynevercouldhavesogrossaninjustice.AndyetstillfurtherponderingwhileIjerkedhimnowandthenfrombetweenthewhaleandship,whichwouldthreatentojamhimstillfurtherpondering,Isay,Isawthatthissituationofminewastheprecisesituationofeverymortalthatbreathes;only,inmostcases,he,onewayorother,hasthisSiameseconnexionwithapluralityofothermortals.Ifyourbankerbreaks,yousnap;ifyourapothecarybymistakesendsyoupoisoninyourpills,youdie.True,youmaysaythat,byexceedingcaution,youmaypossiblyescapetheseandthemultitudinousotherevilchancesoflife.ButhandleQueequeg’smonkey-ropeheedfullyasIwould,sometimeshejerkeditso,thatIcameverynearslidingoverboard.NorcouldIpossiblyforgetthat,dowhatIwould,Ionlyhadthemanagementofoneendofit.

           IhavehintedthatIwouldoftenjerkpoorQueequegfrombetweenthewhaleandtheshipwherehewouldoccasionallyfall,fromtheincessantrollingandswayingofboth.Butthiswasnottheonlyjammingjeopardyhewasexposedto.Unappalledbythemassacremadeuponthemduringthenight,thesharksnowfreshlyandmorekeenlyalluredbythebeforepentbloodwhichbegantoflowfromthecarcasstherabidcreaturesswarmedrounditlikebeesinabeehive.

           AndrightinamongthosesharkswasQueequeg;whooftenpushedthemasidewithhisflounderingfeet.

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