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The Quarter-Deck

           "Sir!"saidthemate,astonishedatanorderseldomornevergivenonship-boardexceptinsomeextraordinarycase.

           "Sendeverybodyaft,"repeatedAhab."Mast-heads,there!comedown!"

           Whentheentireship’scompanywereassembled,andwithcuriousandnotwhollyunapprehensivefaces,wereeyeinghim,forhelookednotunliketheweatherhorizonwhenastormiscomingup,Ahab,afterrapidlyglancingoverthebulwarks,andthendartinghiseyesamongthecrew,startedfromhisstandpoint;andasthoughnotasoulwerenighhimresumedhisheavyturnsuponthedeck.Withbentheadandhalf-slouchedhathecontinuedtopace,unmindfulofthewonderingwhisperingamongthemen;tillStubbcautiouslywhisperedtoFlask,thatAhabmusthavesummonedthemthereforthepurposeofwitnessingapedestrianfeat.Butthisdidnotlastlong.Vehementlypausing,hecried:

           "Whatdoyedowhenyeseeawhale,men?"

           "Singoutforhim!"wastheimpulsiverejoinderfromascoreofclubbedvoices.

           "Good!"criedAhab,withawildapprovalinhistones;observingtheheartyanimationintowhichhisunexpectedquestionhadsomagneticallythrownthem.

           "Andwhatdoyenext,men?"

           "Loweraway,andafterhim!"

           "Andwhattuneisityepullto,men?"

           "Adeadwhaleorastoveboat!"

           Moreandmorestrangelyandfiercelygladandapproving,grewthecountenanceoftheoldmanateveryshout;whilethemarinersbegantogazecuriouslyateachother,asifmarvellinghowitwasthattheythemselvesbecamesoexcitedatsuchseeminglypurposelessquestions.

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