The Hat

           Andnowthatatthepropertimeandplace,aftersolongandwideapreliminarycruise,Ahaballotherwhalingwaterssweptseemedtohavechasedhisfoeintoanoceanfold,toslayhimthemoresecurelythere;now,thathefoundhimselfhardbytheverylatitudeandlongitudewherehistormentingwoundhadbeeninflicted;nowthatavesselhadbeenspokenwhichontheverydayprecedinghadactuallyencounteredMobyDick;andnowthatallhissuccessivemeetingswithvariousshipscontrastinglyconcurredtoshowthedemoniacindifferencewithwhichthewhitewhaletorehishunters,whethersinningorsinnedagainst;nowitwasthattherelurkedasomethingintheoldman’seyes,whichitwashardlysufferableforfeeblesoulstosee.Astheunsettingpolarstar,whichthroughthelivelong,arctic,sixmonths’nightsustainsitspiercing,steady,centralgaze;soAhab’spurposenowfixedlygleameddownupontheconstantmidnightofthegloomycrew.Itdomineeredabovethemso,thatalltheirbodings,doubts,misgivings,fears,werefaintohidebeneaththeirsouls,andnotsproutforthasinglespearorleaf.

           Inthisforeshadowinginterval,too,allhumor,forcedornatural,vanished.Stubbnomorestrovetoraiseasmile;Starbucknomorestrovetocheckone.Alike,joyandsorrow,hopeandfear,seemedgroundtofinestdust,andpowdered,forthetime,intheclampedmortarofAhab’sironsoul.Likemachines,theydumblymovedaboutthedeck,everconsciousthattheoldman’sdespoteyewasonthem.

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