Moby-Dick: Chapters 120-127
The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning. The Musket. The Needle. The Log and Line. The Life-Buoy. The Deck.
Chapter 120
The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch
Ahab standing by the helm. Starbuck approaching him.
“We must send down the main-top-sail yard, sir. The band is working loose and the lee lift is half-stranded. Shall I strike it, sir?”
“Strike nothing; lash it. If I had sky-sail poles, I’d sway them up now.”
“Sir!—in God’s name!—sir?”
“Well.”
“The…
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