Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌⁠(Enter Ahab: Then, all.)

It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck. There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.

Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks