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The Ship

           Indolenceandidlenessperishedbeforehim.Hisownpersonwastheexactembodimentofhisutilitariancharacter.Onhislong,gauntbody,hecarriednospareflesh,nosuperfluousbeard,hischinhavingasoft,economicalnaptoit,likethatwornnapofhisbroad-brimmedhat.

           Such,then,wasthepersonthatIsawseatedonthetransomwhenIfollowedCaptainPelegdownintothecabin.Thespacebetweenthedeckswassmall;andthere,boltupright,satoldBildad,whoalwayssatso,andneverleaned,andthistosavehiscoat-tails.Hisbroad-brimwasplacedbesidehim;hislegswerestifflycrossed;hisdrabvesturewasbuttoneduptohischin;andspectaclesonnose,heseemedabsorbedinreadingfromaponderousvolume.

           "Bildad,"criedCaptainPeleg,"atitagain,Bildad,eh?YehavebeenstudyingthoseScriptures,now,forthelastthirtyyears,tomycertainknowledge.Howfaryegot,Bildad?"

           Asiflonghabituatedtosuchprofanetalkfromhisoldshipmate,Bildad,withoutnoticinghispresentirreverence,quietlylookedup,andseeingme,glancedagaininquiringlytowardsPeleg.

           "Hesayshe’sourman,Bildad,"saidPeleg,"hewantstoship."

           "Dostthee?"saidBildad,inahollowtone,andturningroundtome.

           "Idost,"saidIunconsciously,hewassointenseaQuaker.

           "Whatdoyethinkofhim,Bildad?"saidPeleg.

           "He’lldo,"saidBildad,eyeingme,andthenwentonspellingawayathisbookinamumblingtonequiteaudible.

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