Моби Дик

Merry Christmas

           SototheJewsoldCanaanstood,

           WhileJordanrolledbetween."

           Neverdidthosesweetwordssoundmoresweetlytomethanthen.Theywerefullofhopeandfruition.SpiteofthisfrigidwinternightintheboisterousAtlantic,spiteofmywetfeetandwetterjacket,therewasyet,itthenseemedtome,manyapleasanthaveninstore;andmeadsandgladessoeternallyvernal,thatthegrassshotupbythespring,untrodden,unwilted,remainsatmidsummer.

           Atlastwegainedsuchanoffing,thatthetwopilotswereneedednolonger.Thestoutsail-boatthathadaccompaniedusbeganrangingalongside.

           Itwascuriousandnotunpleasing,howPelegandBildadwereaffectedatthisjuncture,especiallyCaptainBildad.Forloathtodepart,yet;veryloathtoleave,forgood,ashipboundonsolongandperilousavoyagebeyondbothstormyCapes;ashipinwhichsomethousandsofhishardearneddollarswereinvested;aship,inwhichanoldshipmatesailedascaptain;amanalmostasoldashe,oncemorestartingtoencounteralltheterrorsofthepitilessjaw;loathtosaygood-byetoathingsoeverywaybrimfulofeveryinteresttohimpooroldBildadlingeredlong;pacedthedeckwithanxiousstrides;randownintothecabintospeakanotherfarewellwordthere;againcameondeck,andlookedtowindward;lookedtowardsthewideandendlesswaters,onlyboundbythefar-offunseenEasternContinents;lookedtowardstheland;lookedaloft;lookedrightandleft;lookedeverywhereandnowhere;andatlast,mechanicallycoilingaropeuponitspin,convulsivelygraspedstoutPelegbythehand,andholdingupalantern,foramomentstoodgazingheroicallyinhisface,asmuchastosay,"Nevertheless,friendPeleg,Icanstandit;yes,Ican."

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