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The Chase — Second Day

           Seizingthatopportunity,Ahabfirstpaidoutmoreline;andthenwasrapidlyhaulingandjerkinginuponitagain—hopingthatwaytodisencumberitofsomesnarls—whenlo!—asightmoresavagethantheembattledteethofsharks!

           Caughtandtwisted—corkscrewedinthemazesoftheline,looseharpoonsandlances,withalltheirbristlingbarbsandpoints,cameflashinganddrippinguptothechocksinthebowsofAhab’sboat.Onlyonethingcouldbedone.Seizingtheboat-knife,hecriticallyreachedwithin—through—andthen,without—theraysofsteel;draggedinthelinebeyond,passedit,inboard,tothebowsman,andthen,twicesunderingtheropenearthechocks—droppedtheinterceptedfagotofsteelintothesea;andwasallfastagain.Thatinstant,theWhiteWhalemadeasuddenrushamongtheremainingtanglesoftheotherlines;bysodoing,irresistiblydraggedthemoreinvolvedboatsofStubbandFlasktowardshisflukes;dashedthemtogetherliketworollinghusksonasurf-beatenbeach,andthen,divingdownintothesea,disappearedinaboilingmaelstrom,inwhich,foraspace,theodorouscedarchipsofthewrecksdancedroundandround,likethegratednutmeginaswiftlystirredbowlofpunch.

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