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The Musket

           Ican’twithstandthee,then,oldman.Notreasoning;notremonstrance;notentreatywiltthouhearkento;allthisthouscornest.Flatobediencetothyownflatcommands,thisisallthoubreathest.Aye,andsay’stthemenhavevow’dthyvow;say’stallofusareAhabs.GreatGodforbid!Butistherenootherway?nolawfulway?Makehimaprisonertobetakenhome?What!hopetowrestthisoldman’slivingpowerfromhisownlivinghands?Onlyafoolwouldtryit.Sayhewerepinionedeven;knottedalloverwithropesandhawsers;chaineddowntoring-boltsonthiscabinfloor;hewouldbemorehideousthanacagedtiger,then.Icouldnotendurethesight;couldnotpossiblyflyhishowlings;allcomfort,sleepitself,inestimablereasonwouldleavemeonthelongintolerablevoyage.What,then,remains?Thelandishundredsofleaguesaway,andlockedJapanthenearest.Istandalonehereuponanopensea,withtwooceansandawholecontinentbetweenmeandlaw.Aye,aye,‘tisso.Isheavenamurdererwhenitslightningstrikesawould-bemurdererinhisbed,tinderingsheetsandskintogether?AndwouldIbeamurderer,then,if"—andslowly,stealthily,andhalfsidewayslooking,heplacedtheloadedmusket’sendagainstthedoor.

           "Onthislevel,Ahab’shammockswingswithin;hisheadthisway.Atouch,andStarbuckmaysurvivetohughiswifeandchildagain

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