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The Cabin-Table

           Nordidthewhetstonewhichtheharpooneerscarriedintheirpockets,fortheirlancesandotherweapons;andwithwhichwhetstones,atdinner,theywouldostentatiouslysharpentheirknives;thatgratingsounddidnotatalltendtotranquillizepoorDough-Boy.HowcouldheforgetthatinhisIslanddays,Queequeg,forone,mustcertainlyhavebeenguiltyofsomemurderous,convivialindiscretion.Alas!Dough-Boy!hardfaresthewhitewaiterwhowaitsuponcannibals.Notanapkinshouldhecarryonhisarm,butabuckler.Ingoodtime,though,tohisgreatdelight,thethreesalt-seawarriorswouldriseanddepart;tohiscredulous,fable-mongeringears,alltheirmartialbonesjinglinginthemateverystep,likeMoorishscimetarsinscabbards.

           But,thoughthesebarbariansdinedinthecabin,andnominallylivedthere;still,beinganythingbutsedentaryintheirhabits,theywerescarcelyeverinitexceptatmealtimes,andjustbeforesleeping-time,whentheypassedthroughittotheirownpeculiarquarters.

           Inthisonematter,AhabseemednoexceptiontomostAmericanwhalecaptains,who,asaset,ratherinclinetotheopinionthatbyrightstheship’scabinbelongstothem;andthatitisbycourtesyalonethatanybodyelseis,atanytime,permittedthere.Sothat,inrealtruth,thematesandharpooneersofthePequodmightmoreproperlybesaidtohavelivedoutofthecabinthaninit

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