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The Cabin-Table

           Theymadeasortoftemporaryservants’hallofthehighandmightycabin.

           Instrangecontrasttothehardlytolerableconstraintandnamelessinvisibledomineeringsofthecaptain’stable,wastheentirecare-freelicenseandease,thealmostfranticdemocracyofthoseinferiorfellowstheharpooneers.Whiletheirmasters,themates,seemedafraidofthesoundofthehingesoftheirownjaws,theharpooneerschewedtheirfoodwithsucharelishthattherewasareporttoit.Theydinedlikelords;theyfilledtheirbellieslikeIndianshipsalldayloadingwithspices.SuchportentousappetiteshadQueequegandTashtego,thattofilloutthevacanciesmadebythepreviousrepast,oftenthepaleDough-Boywasfaintobringonagreatbaronofsalt-junk,seeminglyquarriedoutofthesolidox.Andifhewerenotlivelyaboutit,ifhedidnotgowithanimblehop-skip-and-jump,thenTashtegohadanungentlemanlywayofacceleratinghimbydartingaforkathisback,harpoon-wise.AndonceDaggoo,seizedwithasuddenhumor,assistedDough-Boy’smemorybysnatchinghimupbodily,andthrustinghisheadintoagreatemptywoodentrencher,whileTashtego,knifeinhand,beganlayingoutthecirclepreliminarytoscalpinghim.Hewasnaturallyaverynervous,shudderingsortoflittlefellow,thisbread-facedsteward;theprogenyofabankruptbakerandahospitalnurse.AndwhatwiththestandingspectacleoftheblackterrificAhab,andtheperiodicaltumultuousvisitationsofthesethreesavages,Dough-Boy’swholelifewasonecontinuallip-quiver.

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