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The Musket

           Butashewasnowbringingtheshipasnearhercourseaspossible,watchingthecompassmeanwhile,lo!agoodsign!thewindseemedcomingroundastern;aye,thefoulbreezebecamefair!

           Instantlytheyardsweresquared,tothelivelysongof"Ho!thefairwind!oh-ye-hocheerly,men!"thecrewsingingforjoy,thatsopromisinganeventshouldsosoonhavefalsifiedtheevilportendsprecedingit.

           Incompliancewiththestandingorderofhiscommandertoreportimmediately,andatanyoneofthetwenty-fourhours,anydecidedchangeintheaffairsofthedeckStarbuckhadnosoonertrimmedtheyardstothebreezehoweverreluctantlyandgloomilythathemechanicallywentbelowtoappriseCaptainAhabofthecircumstance.

           Ereknockingathisstate-room,heinvoluntarilypausedbeforeitamoment.Thecabinlamptakinglongswingsthiswayandthatwasburningfitfully,andcastingfitfulshadowsupontheoldman’sbolteddoorathinone,withfixedblindsinserted,inplaceofupperpanels.Theisolatedsubterraneousnessofthecabinmadeacertainhummingsilencetoreignthere,thoughitwashoopedroundbyalltheroaroftheelements.Theloadedmusketsintherackwereshininglyrevealed,astheystooduprightagainsttheforwardbulkhead.Starbuckwasanhonest,uprightman;butoutofStarbuck’sheart,atthatinstantwhenhesawthemuskets,therestrangelyevolvedanevilthought;butsoblentwithitsneutralorgoodaccompanimentsthatfortheinstanthehardlyknewitforitself.

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