Моби Дик

Breakfast

           "Grub,ho!"nowcriedthelandlord,flingingopenadoor,andinwewenttobreakfast.

           Theysaythatmenwhohaveseentheworld,therebybecomequiteateaseinmanner,quiteself-possessedincompany.Notalways,though:Ledyard,thegreatNewEnglandtraveller,andMungoPark,theScotchone;ofallmen,theypossessedtheleastassuranceintheparlor.ButperhapsthemerecrossingofSiberiainasledgedrawnbydogsasLedyarddid,orthetakingalongsolitarywalkonanemptystomach,inthenegroheartofAfrica,whichwasthesumofpoorMungo’sperformancesthiskindoftravel,Isay,maynotbetheverybestmodeofattainingahighsocialpolish.Still,forthemostpart,thatsortofthingistobehadanywhere.

           Thesereflectionsjusthereareoccasionedbythecircumstancethatafterwewereallseatedatthetable,andIwaspreparingtohearsomegoodstoriesaboutwhaling;tomynosmallsurprisenearlyeverymanmaintainedaprofoundsilence.Andnotonlythat,buttheylookedembarrassed.Yes,herewereasetofsea-dogs,manyofwhomwithouttheslightestbashfulnesshadboardedgreatwhalesonthehighseasentirestrangerstothemandduelledthemdeadwithoutwinking;andyet,heretheysatatasocialbreakfasttableallofthesamecalling,allofkindredtasteslookingroundassheepishlyateachotherasthoughtheyhadneverbeenoutofsightofsomesheepfoldamongtheGreenMountains.Acurioussight;thesebashfulbears,thesetimidwarriorwhalemen!

           ButasforQueequegwhy,Queequegsatthereamongthemattheheadofthetable,too,itsochanced;ascoolasanicicle.TobesureIcannotsaymuchforhisbreeding.

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