Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin

           Accordingtousagetheywerepumpingtheshipnextmorning;andlo!noinconsiderableoilcameupwiththewater;thecasksbelowmusthavesprungabadleak.Muchconcernwasshown;andStarbuckwentdownintothecabintoreportthisunfavorableaffair.

           Now,fromtheSouthandWestthePequodwasdrawingnightoFormosaandtheBasheeIsles,betweenwhichliesoneofthetropicaloutletsfromtheChinawatersintothePacific.AndsoStarbuckfoundAhabwithageneralchartoftheorientalarchipelagoesspreadbeforehim;andanotherseparateonerepresentingthelongeasterncoastsoftheJapaneseislandsNiphon,Matsmai,andSikoke.Withhissnow-whitenewivorylegbracedagainstthescrewedlegofhistable,andwithalongpruning-hookofajack-knifeinhishand,thewondrousoldman,withhisbacktothegangwaydoor,waswrinklinghisbrow,andtracinghisoldcoursesagain.

           "Who’sthere?"hearingthefootstepatthedoor,butnotturningroundtoit."Ondeck!Begone!"

           "CaptainAhabmistakes;itisI.Theoilintheholdisleaking,sir.WemustupBurtonsandbreakout."

           "UpBurtonsandbreakout?NowthatwearenearingJapan;heave-tohereforaweektotinkeraparcelofoldhoops?"

           "Eitherdothat,sir,orwasteinonedaymoreoilthanwemaymakegoodinayear.Whatwecometwentythousandmilestogetisworthsaving,sir."

           "Soitis,soitis;ifwegetit."

           "Iwasspeakingoftheoilinthehold,sir."

           "AndIwasnotspeakingorthinkingofthatatall.Begone!Letitleak!I’mallaleakmyself.

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