The Ship

           Inbedweconcoctedourplansforthemorrow.Buttomysurpriseandnosmallconcern,Queequegnowgavemetounderstand,thathehadbeendiligentlyconsultingYojothenameofhisblacklittlegodandYojohadtoldhimtwoorthreetimesover,andstronglyinsisteduponiteveryway,thatinsteadofourgoingtogetheramongthewhaling-fleetinharbor,andinconcertselectingourcraft;insteadofthis,Isay,Yojoearnestlyenjoinedthattheselectionoftheshipshouldrestwhollywithme,inasmuchasYojopurposedbefriendingus;and,inordertodoso,hadalreadypitcheduponavessel,which,iflefttomyself,I,Ishmael,shouldinfalliblylightupon,foralltheworldasthoughithadturnedoutbychance;andinthatvesselImustimmediatelyshipmyself,forthepresentirrespectiveofQueequeg.

           Ihaveforgottentomentionthat,inmanythings,QueequegplacedgreatconfidenceintheexcellenceofYojo’sjudgmentandsurprisingforecastofthings;andcherishedYojowithconsiderableesteem,asarathergoodsortofgod,whoperhapsmeantwellenoughuponthewhole,butinallcasesdidnotsucceedinhisbenevolentdesigns.

           Now,thisplanofQueequeg’sorratherYojo’s,touchingtheselectionofourcraft;Ididnotlikethatplanatall.IhadnotalittlerelieduponQueequeg’ssagacitytopointoutthewhalerbestfittedtocarryusandourfortunessecurely.ButasallmyremonstrancesproducednoeffectuponQueequeg,Iwasobligedtoacquiesce;andaccordinglypreparedtosetaboutthisbusinesswithadeterminedrushingsortofenergyandvigor,thatshouldquicklysettlethattriflinglittleaffair.Nextmorningearly,leavingQueequegshutupwithinourlittlebedroomforitseemedthatitwassomesortofLentorRamadan,ordayoffasting,humiliation,andprayerwithQueequegandYojothatday;

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