The Deck

           Thecoffinlaidupontwoline-tubs,betweenthevice-benchandtheopenhatchway;theCarpentercaulkingitsseams;thestringoftwistedoakumslowlyunwindingfromalargerollofitplacedinthebosomofhisfrock.Ahabcomesslowlyfromthecabin-gangway,andhearsPipfollowinghim.

           Backlad;Iwillbewithyeagainpresently.Hegoes!Notthishandcomplieswithmyhumormoregeniallythanthatboy.Middleaisleofachurch!What’shere?"

           "Life-buoy,sir.Mr.Starbuck’sorders.Oh,look,sir!Bewarethehatchway!"

           "Thankye,man.Thycoffinlieshandytothevault."

           "Sir?Thehatchway?oh!Soitdoes,sir,soitdoes."

           "Artnotthoutheleg-maker?Look,didnotthisstumpcomefromthyshop?"

           "Ibelieveitdid,sir;doestheferrulestand,sir?"

           "Wellenough.Butartthounotalsotheundertaker?"

           "Aye,sir;IpatchedupthisthinghereasacoffinforQueequeg;butthey’vesetmenowtoturningitintosomethingelse."

           "Thentellme;artthounotanarrant,all-grasping,intermeddling,monopolizing,heathenisholdscamp,tobeonedaymakinglegs,andthenextdaycoffinstoclapthemin,andyetagainlife-buoysoutofthosesamecoffins?Thouartasunprincipledasthegods,andasmuchofajack-of-all-trades."

           "ButIdonotmeananything,sir.IdoasIdo."

           "Thegodsagain.Harkye,dostthounoteversingworkingaboutacoffin?TheTitans,theysay,hummedsnatcheswhenchippingoutthecratersforvolcanoes;andthegrave-diggerintheplaysings,spadeinhand.

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