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Ahab

           Therewasaninfinityoffirmestfortitude,adeterminate,unsurrenderablewilfulness,inthefixedandfearless,forwarddedicationofthatglance.Notawordhespoke;nordidhisofficerssayaughttohim;thoughbyalltheirminutestgesturesandexpressions,theyplainlyshowedtheuneasy,ifnotpainful,consciousnessofbeingunderatroubledmaster-eye.Andnotonlythat,butmoodystrickenAhabstoodbeforethemwithacrucifixioninhisface;inallthenamelessregaloverbearingdignityofsomemightywoe.

           Erelong,fromhisfirstvisitintheair,hewithdrewintohiscabin.Butafterthatmorning,hewaseverydayvisibletothecrew;eitherstandinginhispivot-hole,orseateduponanivorystoolhehad;orheavilywalkingthedeck.Astheskygrewlessgloomy;indeed,begantogrowalittlegenial,hebecamestilllessandlessarecluse;asif,whentheshiphadsailedfromhome,nothingbutthedeadwintrybleaknessoftheseahadthenkepthimsosecluded.And,byandby,itcametopass,thathewasalmostcontinuallyintheair;but,asyet,forallthathesaid,orperceptiblydid,ontheatlastsunnydeck,heseemedasunnecessarythereasanothermast.ButthePequodwasonlymakingapassagenow;notregularlycruising;nearlyallwhalingpreparativesneedingsupervisionthemateswerefullycompetentto,sothattherewaslittleornothing,outofhimself,toemployorexciteAhab,now;andthuschaseaway,forthatoneinterval,thecloudsthatlayeruponlayerwerepileduponhisbrow,aseverallcloudschoosetheloftiestpeakstopilethemselvesupon.

           Nevertheless,erelong,thewarm,warblingpersuasivenessofthepleasant,holidayweatherwecameto,seemedgraduallytocharmhimfromhismood.

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