The Doubloon

           ErenowithasbeenrelatedhowAhabwaswonttopacehisquarter-deck,takingregularturnsateitherlimit,thebinnacleandmainmast;butinthemultiplicityofotherthingsrequiringnarrationithasnotbeenaddedhowthatsometimesinthesewalks,whenmostplungedinhismood,hewaswonttopauseinturnateachspot,andstandtherestrangelyeyeingtheparticularobjectbeforehim.Whenhehaltedbeforethebinnacle,withhisglancefastenedonthepointedneedleinthecompass,thatglanceshotlikeajavelinwiththepointedintensityofhispurpose;andwhenresuminghiswalkheagainpausedbeforethemainmast,then,asthesamerivetedglancefastenedupontherivetedgoldcointhere,hestillworethesameaspectofnailedfirmness,onlydashedwithacertainwildlonging,ifnothopefulness.

           Butonemorning,turningtopassthedoubloon,heseemedtobenewlyattractedbythestrangefiguresandinscriptionsstampedonit,asthoughnowforthefirsttimebeginningtointerpretforhimselfinsomemonomaniacwaywhateversignificancemightlurkinthem.Andsomecertainsignificancelurksinallthings,elseallthingsarelittleworth,andtheroundworlditselfbutanemptycipher,excepttosellbythecartload,astheydohillsaboutBoston,tofillupsomemorassintheMilkyWay.

           Nowthisdoubloonwasofpurest,virgingold,rakedsomewhereoutoftheheartofgorgeoushills,whence,eastandwest,overgoldensands,thehead-watersofmanyaPactolusflows.

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