A Bosom Friend

           ReturningtotheSpouter-InnfromtheChapel,IfoundQueequegtherequitealone;hehavinglefttheChapelbeforethebenedictionsometime.Hewassittingonabenchbeforethefire,withhisfeetonthestovehearth,andinonehandwasholdingcloseuptohisfacethatlittlenegroidolofhis;peeringhardintoitsface,andwithajack-knifegentlywhittlingawayatitsnose,meanwhilehummingtohimselfinhisheathenishway.

           Butbeingnowinterrupted,heputuptheimage;andprettysoon,goingtothetable,tookupalargebookthere,andplacingitonhislapbegancountingthepageswithdeliberateregularity;ateveryfiftiethpageasIfanciedstoppingforamoment,lookingvacantlyaroundhim,andgivingutterancetoalong-drawngurglingwhistleofastonishment.Hewouldthenbeginagainatthenextfifty;seemingtocommenceatnumberoneeachtime,asthoughhecouldnotcountmorethanfifty,anditwasonlybysuchalargenumberoffiftiesbeingfoundtogether,thathisastonishmentatthemultitudeofpageswasexcited.

           WithmuchinterestIsatwatchinghim.Savagethoughhewas,andhideouslymarredaboutthefaceatleasttomytastehiscountenanceyethadasomethinginitwhichwasbynomeansdisagreeable.Youcannothidethesoul.Throughallhisunearthlytattooings,IthoughtIsawthetracesofasimplehonestheart;andinhislarge,deepeyes,fieryblackandbold,thereseemedtokensofaspiritthatwoulddareathousanddevils.Andbesidesallthis,therewasacertainloftybearingaboutthePagan,whichevenhisuncouthnesscouldnotaltogethermaim.Helookedlikeamanwhohadnevercringedandneverhadhadacreditor.Whetheritwas,too,thathisheadbeingshaved,hisforeheadwasdrawnoutinfreerandbrighterrelief,andlookedmoreexpansivethanitotherwisewould,thisIwillnotventuretodecide;butcertainitwashisheadwasphrenologicallyanexcellentone.

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