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Queequeg in His Coffin

           Butnowthathehadapparentlymadeeverypreparationfordeath;nowthathiscoffinwasprovedagoodfit,Queequegsuddenlyrallied;soonthereseemednoneedofthecarpenter’sbox;andthereupon,whensomeexpressedtheirdelightedsurprise,he,insubstance,said,thatthecauseofhissuddenconvalescencewasthis;atacriticalmoment,hehadjustrecalledalittledutyashore,whichhewasleavingundone;andthereforehadchangedhismindaboutdying:hecouldnotdieyet,heaverred.Theyaskedhim,then,whethertoliveordiewasamatterofhisownsovereignwillandpleasure.Heanswered,certainly.Inaword,itwasQueequeg’sconceit,thatifamanmadeuphismindtolive,meresicknesscouldnotkillhim:nothingbutawhale,oragale,orsomeviolent,ungovernable,unintelligentdestroyerofthatsort.

           Now,thereisthisnoteworthydifferencebetweensavageandcivilized;thatwhileasick,civilizedmanmaybesixmonthsconvalescing,generallyspeaking,asicksavageisalmosthalf-wellagaininaday.So,ingoodtimemyQueequeggainedstrength;andatlengthaftersittingonthewindlassforafewindolentdays(buteatingwithavigorousappetite)hesuddenlyleapedtohisfeet,threwouthisarmsandlegs,gavehimselfagoodstretching,yawnedalittlebit,andthenspringingintotheheadofhishoistedboat,andpoisingaharpoon,pronouncedhimselffitforafight.

           Withawildwhimsiness,henowusedhiscoffinforasea-chest;andemptyingintoithiscanvasbagofclothes,settheminorderthere

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