Моби Дик

His Mark

           "Peleg!Peleg!"saidBildad,liftinghiseyesandhands,"thouthyself,asImyself,hastseenmanyaperiloustime;thouknowest,Peleg,whatitistohavethefearofdeath;how,then,can’stthouprateinthisungodlyguise.Thoubeliestthineownheart,Peleg.Tellme,whenthissamePequodherehadherthreemastsoverboardinthattyphoononJapan,thatsamevoyagewhenthouwentmatewithCaptainAhab,did’stthounotthinkofDeathandtheJudgmentthen?"

           "Hearhim,hearhimnow,"criedPeleg,marchingacrossthecabin,andthrustinghishandsfardownintohispockets"hearhim,allofye.Thinkofthat!Wheneverymomentwethoughttheshipwouldsink!DeathandtheJudgmentthen?What?Withallthreemastsmakingsuchaneverlastingthunderingagainsttheside;andeveryseabreakingoverus,foreandaft.ThinkofDeathandtheJudgmentthen?No!notimetothinkaboutdeaththen.LifewaswhatCaptainAhabandIwasthinkingof;andhowtosaveallhandshowtorigjury-mastshowtogetintothenearestport;thatwaswhatIwasthinkingof."

           Bildadsaidnomore,butbuttoninguphiscoat,stalkedondeck,wherewefollowedhim.Therehestood,veryquietlyoverlookingsomesailmakerswhoweremendingatop-sailinthewaist.Nowandthenhestoopedtopickupapatch,orsaveanendoftarredtwine,whichotherwisemighthavebeenwasted.

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