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The Quadrant

           Aye,"lightingfromtheboattothedeck,"thusItrampleonthee,thoupaltrythingthatfeeblypointestonhigh;thusIsplitanddestroythee!"

           Asthefranticoldmanthusspokeandthustrampledwithhisliveanddeadfeet,asneeringtriumphthatseemedmeantforAhab,andafatalisticdespairthatseemedmeantforhimselfthesepassedoverthemute,motionlessParsee’sface.Unobservedheroseandglidedaway;while,awestruckbytheaspectoftheircommander,theseamenclusteredtogetherontheforecastle,tillAhab,troubledlypacingthedeck,shoutedout—"Tothebraces!Uphelm!squarein!"

           Inaninstanttheyardsswunground;andastheshiphalf-wheeleduponherheel,herthreefirm-seatedgracefulmastserectlypoiseduponherlong,ribbedhull,seemedasthethreeHoratiipirouettingononesufficientsteed.

           Standingbetweentheknight-heads,StarbuckwatchedthePequod’stumultuousway,andAhab’salso,ashewentlurchingalongthedeck.

           "Ihavesatbeforethedensecoalfireandwatcheditallaglow,fullofitstormentedflaminglife;andIhaveseenitwaneatlast,down,down,todumbestdust.Oldmanofoceans!ofallthisfierylifeofthine,whatwillatlengthremainbutonelittleheapofashes!"

           "Aye,"criedStubb,"butsea-coalashesmindyethat,Mr.Starbucksea-coal,notyourcommoncharcoal.Well,well!IheardAhabmutter,‘Heresomeonethruststhesecardsintotheseoldhandsofmine;swearsthatImustplaythem,andnoothers

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