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Ahab’s Leg

           Sothat,throughtheirzealforhim,theyhadallconspired,sofarasinthemlay,tomuffleuptheknowledgeofthisthingfromothers;andhenceitwas,thatnottillaconsiderableintervalhadelapsed,didittranspireuponthePequod’sdecks.

           Butbeallthisasitmay;lettheunseen,ambiguoussynodintheair,orthevindictiveprincesandpotentatesoffire,havetodoornotwithearthlyAhab,yet,inthispresentmatterofhisleg,hetookplainpracticalprocedures;hecalledthecarpenter.

           Andwhenthatfunctionaryappearedbeforehim,hebadehimwithoutdelaysetaboutmakinganewleg,anddirectedthematestoseehimsuppliedwithallthestudsandjoistsofjaw-ivory(SpermWhale)whichhadthusfarbeenaccumulatedonthevoyage,inorderthatacarefulselectionofthestoutest,clearest-grainedstuffmightbesecured.Thisdone,thecarpenterreceivedorderstohavethelegcompletedthatnight;andtoprovideallthefittingsforit,independentofthosepertainingtothedistrustedoneinuse.Moreover,theship’sforgewasorderedtobehoistedoutofitstemporaryidlenessinthehold;and,toacceleratetheaffair,theblacksmithwascommandedtoproceedatoncetotheforgingofwhateverironcontrivancesmightbeneeded.

           

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