Моби Дик

The Counterpane

           Seeing,now,thattherewerenocurtainstothewindow,andthatthestreetbeingverynarrow,thehouseoppositecommandedaplainviewintotheroom,andobservingmoreandmoretheindecorousfigurethatQueequegmade,stavingaboutwithlittleelsebuthishatandbootson;IbeggedhimaswellasIcould,toacceleratehistoiletsomewhat,andparticularlytogetintohispantaloonsassoonaspossible.Hecomplied,andthenproceededtowashhimself.AtthattimeinthemorninganyChristianwouldhavewashedhisface;butQueequeg,tomyamazement,contentedhimselfwithrestrictinghisablutionstohischest,arms,andhands.Hethendonnedhiswaistcoat,andtakingupapieceofhardsoaponthewash-standcentretable,dippeditintowaterandcommencedlatheringhisface.Iwaswatchingtoseewherehekepthisrazor,whenloandbehold,hetakestheharpoonfromthebedcorner,slipsoutthelongwoodenstock,unsheathesthehead,whetsitalittleonhisboot,andstridinguptothebitofmirroragainstthewall,beginsavigorousscraping,orratherharpooningofhischeeks.ThinksI,Queequeg,thisisusingRogers’sbestcutlerywithavengeance.AfterwardsIwonderedthelessatthisoperationwhenIcametoknowofwhatfinesteeltheheadofaharpoonismade,andhowexceedinglysharpthelongstraightedgesarealwayskept.

           Therestofhistoiletwassoonachieved,andheproudlymarchedoutoftheroom,wrappedupinhisgreatpilotmonkeyjacket,andsportinghisharpoonlikeamarshal’sbaton.

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