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The Ship

           Bildad,saythatagaintome,andstartmysoulbolts,butI’llI’llyes,I’llswallowalivegoatwithallhishairandhornson.Outofthecabin,yecanting,drab-coloredsonofawoodengunastraightwakewithye!"

           AshethunderedoutthishemadearushatBildad,butwithamarvellousoblique,slidingcelerity,Bildadforthattimeeludedhim.

           Alarmedatthisterribleoutburstbetweenthetwoprincipalandresponsibleownersoftheship,andfeelinghalfamindtogiveupallideaofsailinginavesselsoquestionablyownedandtemporarilycommanded,IsteppedasidefromthedoortogiveegresstoBildad,who,Imadenodoubt,wasalleagernesstovanishfrombeforetheawakenedwrathofPeleg.Buttomyastonishment,hesatdownagainonthetransomveryquietly,andseemedtohavenottheslightestintentionofwithdrawing.HeseemedquiteusedtoimpenitentPelegandhisways.AsforPeleg,afterlettingoffhisrageashehad,thereseemednomoreleftinhim,andhe,too,satdownlikealamb,thoughhetwitchedalittleasifstillnervouslyagitated."Whew!"hewhistledatlast"thesquall’sgoneofftoleeward,Ithink.Bildad,thouusedtobegoodatsharpeningalance,mendthatpen,willye.Myjack-knifehereneedsthegrindstone.That’she;thankye,Bildad.Nowthen,myyoungman,Ishmael’sthyname,didn’tyesay?Wellthen,downyegohere,forthethreehundredthlay."

           "CaptainPeleg,"saidI,"IhaveafriendwithmewhowantstoshiptooshallIbringhimdownto-morrow?"

           "Tobesure,"saidPeleg."Fetchhimalong,andwe’lllookathim."

           "Whatlaydoeshewant?"groanedBildad,glancingupfromtheBookinwhichhehadagainbeenburyinghimself.

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