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The Pequod Meets The Bachelor

           YouwouldhavealmostthoughttheywerepullingdownthecursedBastille,suchwildcriestheyraised,asthenowuselessbrickandmortarwerebeinghurledintothesea.

           Lordandmasteroverallthisscene,thecaptainstooderectontheship’selevatedquarter-deck,sothatthewholerejoicingdramawasfullbeforehim,andseemedmerelycontrivedforhisownindividualdiversion.

           AndAhab,hetoowasstandingonhisquarter-deck,shaggyandblack,withastubborngloom;andasthetwoshipscrossedeachother’swakesonealljubilationsforthingspassed,theotherallforebodingsastothingstocometheirtwocaptainsinthemselvesimpersonatedthewholestrikingcontrastofthescene.

           "Comeaboard,comeaboard!"criedthegayBachelor’scommander,liftingaglassandabottleintheair.

           "HastseentheWhiteWhale?"grittedAhabinreply.

           "No;onlyheardofhim;butdon’tbelieveinhimatall,"saidtheothergood-humoredly."Comeaboard!"

           "Thouarttoodamnedjolly.Sailon.Hastlostanymen?"

           "Notenoughtospeakoftwoislanders,that’sall;butcomeaboard,oldhearty,comealong.I’llsoontakethatblackfromyourbrow.Comealong,willye(merry’stheplay);afullshipandhomeward-bound."

           "Howwondrousfamiliarisafool!"mutteredAhab;thenaloud,"Thouartafullshipandhomewardbound,thousayst;well,then,callmeanemptyship,andoutward-bound.Sogothyways,andIwillmine

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