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The Chase — Third Day

           WhileDaggooandQueequegwerestoppingthestrainedplanks;andasthewhaleswimmingoutfromthem,turned,andshowedoneentireflankasheshotbythemagain;atthatmomentaquickcrywentup.Lashedroundandroundtothefish’sback;pinionedintheturnsuponturnsinwhich,duringthepastnight,thewhalehadreeledtheinvolutionsofthelinesaroundhim,thehalftornbodyoftheParseewasseen;hissableraimentfrayedtoshreds;hisdistendedeyesturnedfulluponoldAhab.

           Theharpoondroppedfromhishand.

           "Befooled,befooled!"—drawinginalongleanbreath—"Aye,Parsee!Iseetheeagain.—Aye,andthougoestbefore;andthis,thisthenisthehearsethatthoudidstpromise.ButIholdtheetothelastletterofthyword.Whereisthesecondhearse?Away,mates,totheship!thoseboatsareuselessnow;repairthemifyecanintime,andreturntome;ifnot,Ahabisenoughtodie—Down,men!thefirstthingthatbutofferstojumpfromthisboatIstandin,thatthingIharpoon.Yearenotothermen,butmyarmsandmylegs;andsoobeyme.—Where’sthewhale?gonedownagain?"

           Buthelookedtoonightheboat;forasifbentuponescapingwiththecorpsehebore,andasiftheparticularplaceofthelastencounterhadbeenbutastageinhisleewardvoyage,MobyDickwasnowagainsteadilyswimmingforward;andhadalmostpassedtheship—whichthusfarhadbeensailinginthecontrarydirectiontohim,thoughforthepresentherheadwayhadbeenstopped.

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