Моби Дик

The Castaway

           Norsmileso,whileIwritethatthislittleblackwasbrilliant,forevenblacknesshasitsbrilliancy;beholdyonlustrousebony,panelledinking’scabinets.ButPiplovedlife,andalllife’speaceablesecurities;sothatthepanic-strikingbusinessinwhichhehadsomehowunaccountablybecomeentrapped,hadmostsadlyblurredhisbrightness;though,aserelongwillbeseen,whatwasthustemporarilysubduedinhim,intheendwasdestinedtobeluridlyilluminedbystrangewildfires,thatfictitiouslyshowedhimofftotentimesthenaturallustrewithwhichinhisnativeTollandCountyinConnecticut,hehadonceenlivenedmanyafiddler’sfroliconthegreen;andatmelodiouseven-tide,withhisgayha-ha!hadturnedtheroundhorizonintoonestar-belledtambourine.So,thoughintheclearairofday,suspendedagainstablue-veinedneck,thepure-watereddiamonddropwillhealthfulglow;yet,whenthecunningjewellerwouldshowyouthediamondinitsmostimpressivelustre,helaysitagainstagloomyground,andthenlightsitup,notbythesun,butbysomeunnaturalgases.Thencomeoutthosefieryeffulgences,infernallysuperb;thentheevil-blazingdiamond,oncethedivinestsymbolofthecrystalskies,lookslikesomecrown-jewelstolenfromtheKingofHell.Butletustothestory.

           Itcametopass,thatintheambergrisaffairStubb’safter-oarsmanchancedsotosprainhishand,asforatimetobecomequitemaimed;and,temporarily,Pipwasputintohisplace.

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