Моби Дик

The Spirit-Spout

           Thismidnight-spouthadalmostgrownaforgottenthing,when,somedaysafter,lo!atthesamesilenthour,itwasagainannounced:againitwasdescriedbyall;butuponmakingsailtoovertakeit,oncemoreitdisappearedasifithadneverbeen.Andsoitservedusnightafternight,tillnooneheededitbuttowonderatit.Mysteriouslyjettedintotheclearmoonlight,orstarlight,asthecasemightbe;disappearingagainforonewholeday,ortwodays,orthree;andsomehowseemingateverydistinctrepetitiontobeadvancingstillfurtherandfurtherinourvan,thissolitaryjetseemedforeveralluringuson.

           Norwiththeimmemorialsuperstitionoftheirrace,andinaccordancewiththepreternaturalness,asitseemed,whichinmanythingsinvestedthePequod,weretherewantingsomeoftheseamenwhosworethatwheneverandwhereverdescried;athoweverremotetimes,orinhoweverfarapartlatitudesandlongitudes,thatunnearablespoutwascastbyoneselfsamewhale;andthatwhale,MobyDick.Foratime,therereigned,too,asenseofpeculiardreadatthisflittingapparition,asifitweretreacherouslybeckoningusonandon,inorderthatthemonstermightturnrounduponus,andrendusatlastintheremotestandmostsavageseas.

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