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The Hat

           Butthoughhiswholelifewasnowbecomeonewatchondeck;andthoughtheParsee’smysticwatchwaswithoutintermissionashisown;yetthesetwoneverseemedtospeakonemantotheotherunlessatlongintervalssomepassingunmomentousmattermadeitnecessary.Thoughsuchapotentspellseemedsecretlytojointhetwain;openly,andtotheawe-struckcrew,theyseemedpole-likeasunder.Ifbydaytheychancedtospeakoneword;bynight,dumbmenwereboth,sofarasconcernedtheslightestverbalinterchange.Attimes,forlongesthours,withoutasinglehail,theystoodfarpartedinthestarlight;Ahabinhisscuttle,theParseebythemain-mast;butstillfixedlygazinguponeachother;asifintheParseeAhabsawhisforethrownshadow,inAhabtheParseehisabandonedsubstance.

           Andyet,somehow,didAhabinhisownproperself,asdaily,hourly,andeveryinstant,commandinglyrevealedtohissubordinatesAhabseemedanindependentlord;theParseebuthisslave.Stillagainbothseemedyokedtogether,andanunseentyrantdrivingthem;theleanshadesidingthesolidrib.ForbethisParseewhathemay,allribandkeelwassolidAhab.

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