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The Pequod Meets The Rachel

           "Hisson!"criedStubb,"oh,it’shissonhe’slost!ItakebackthecoatandwatchwhatsaysAhab?Wemustsavethatboy."

           "He’sdrownedwiththereston‘em,lastnight,"saidtheoldManxsailorstandingbehindthem;"Iheard;allofyeheardtheirspirits."

           Now,asitshortlyturnedout,whatmadethisincidentoftheRachel’sthemoremelancholy,wasthecircumstance,thatnotonlywasoneoftheCaptain’ssonsamongthenumberofthemissingboat’screw;butamongthenumberoftheotherboats’crews,atthesametime,butontheotherhand,separatedfromtheshipduringthedarkvicissitudesofthechase,therehadbeenstillanotherson;asthatforatime,thewretchedfatherwasplungedtothebottomofthecruellestperplexity;whichwasonlysolvedforhimbyhischiefmate’sinstinctivelyadoptingtheordinaryprocedureofawhaleshipinsuchemergencies,thatis,whenplacedbetweenjeopardizedbutdividedboats,alwaystopickupthemajorityfirst.Butthecaptain,forsomeunknownconstitutionalreason,hadrefrainedfrommentioningallthis,andnottillforcedtoitbyAhab’sicinessdidhealludetohisoneyetmissingboy;alittlelad,buttwelveyearsold,whosefatherwiththeearnestbutunmisgivinghardihoodofaNantucketer’spaternallove,hadthusearlysoughttoinitiatehimintheperilsandwondersofavocationalmostimmemoriallythedestinyofallhisrace.

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