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The Counterpane

           ThinksI,Queequeg,underthecircumstances,thisisaverycivilizedoverture;but,thetruthis,thesesavageshaveaninnatesenseofdelicacy,saywhatyouwill;itismarvelloushowessentiallypolitetheyare.IpaythisparticularcomplimenttoQueequeg,becausehetreatedmewithsomuchcivilityandconsideration,whileIwasguiltyofgreatrudeness;staringathimfromthebed,andwatchingallhistoilettemotions;forthetimemycuriositygettingthebetterofmybreeding.Nevertheless,amanlikeQueequegyoudon’tseeeveryday,heandhiswayswerewellworthunusualregarding.

           Hecommenceddressingattopbydonninghisbeaverhat,averytallone,bytheby,andthenstillminushistrowsershehunteduphisboots.Whatundertheheavenshediditfor,Icannottell,buthisnextmovementwastocrushhimselfbootsinhand,andhatonunderthebed;when,fromsundryviolentgaspingsandstrainings,Iinferredhewashardatworkbootinghimself;thoughbynolawofproprietythatIeverheardof,isanymanrequiredtobeprivatewhenputtingonhisboots.ButQueequeg,doyousee,wasacreatureinthetransitionstageneithercaterpillarnorbutterfly.Hewasjustenoughcivilizedtoshowoffhisoutlandishnessinthestrangestpossiblemanners.Hiseducationwasnotyetcompleted.Hewasanundergraduate.Ifhehadnotbeenasmalldegreecivilized,heveryprobablywouldnothavetroubledhimselfwithbootsatall;butthen,ifhehadnotbeenstillasavage,heneverwouldhavedreamtofgettingunderthebedtoputthemon.

           Atlast,heemergedwithhishatverymuchdentedandcrusheddownoverhiseyes,andbegancreakingandlimpingabouttheroom,asif,notbeingmuchaccustomedtoboots,hispairofdamp,wrinkledcowhideonesprobablynotmadetoordereitherratherpinchedandtormentedhimatthefirstgooffofabittercoldmorning.

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