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The Counterpane

           Now,takeawaytheawfulfear,andmysensationsatfeelingthesupernaturalhandinminewereverysimilar,inthestrangeness,tothosewhichIexperiencedonwakingupandseeingQueequeg’spaganarmthrownroundme.Butatlengthallthepastnight’seventssoberlyrecurred,onebyone,infixedreality,andthenIlayonlyalivetothecomicalpredicament.ForthoughItriedtomovehisarmunlockhisbridegroomclaspyet,sleepingashewas,hestillhuggedmetightly,asthoughnaughtbutdeathshouldpartustwain.Inowstrovetorousehim"Queequeg!"buthisonlyanswerwasasnore.Ithenrolledover,myneckfeelingasifitwereinahorse-collar;andsuddenlyfeltaslightscratch.Throwingasidethecounterpane,therelaythetomahawksleepingbythesavage’sside,asifitwereahatchet-facedbaby.Aprettypickle,truly,thoughtI;abedhereinastrangehouseinthebroadday,withacannibalandatomahawk!"Queequeg!inthenameofgoodness,Queequeg,wake!"Atlength,bydintofmuchwriggling,andloudandincessantexpostulationsupontheunbecomingnessofhishuggingafellowmaleinthatmatrimonialsortofstyle,Isucceededinextractingagrunt;andpresently,hedrewbackhisarm,shookhimselfalloverlikeaNewfoundlanddogjustfromthewater,andsatupinbed,stiffasapike-staff,lookingatme,andrubbinghiseyesasifhedidnotaltogetherrememberhowIcametobethere,thoughadimconsciousnessofknowingsomethingaboutmeseemedslowlydawningoverhim.Meanwhile,Ilayquietlyeyeinghim,havingnoseriousmisgivingsnow,andbentuponnarrowlyobservingsocuriousacreature.When,atlast,hismindseemedmadeuptouchingthecharacterofhisbedfellow,andhebecame,asitwere,reconciledtothefact;hejumpedoutuponthefloor,andbycertainsignsandsoundsgavemetounderstandthat,ifitpleasedme,hewoulddressfirstandthenleavemetodressafterwards,leavingthewholeapartmenttomyself.

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