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1Marking all this, Stubb argued well for his scheme, and turning to the Guernsey-man had a little chat with him, during
2which the stranger mate expressed his detestation of his Captain as a conceited ignoramus, who had brought them all into
3so unsavory and unprofitable a pickle. Sounding him carefully, Stubb further perceived that the Guernsey-man had not the
4slightest suspicion concerning the ambergris. He therefore held his peace on that head, but otherwise was quite frank
5and confidential with him, so that the two quickly concocted a little plan for both circumventing and satirizing the
6Captain, without his at all dreaming of distrusting their sincerity. According to this little plan of theirs, the
7Guernsey-man, under cover of an interpreter's office, was to tell the Captain what he pleased, but as coming from Stubb;
8and as for Stubb, he was to utter any nonsense that should come uppermost in him during the interview. By this time
9their destined victim appeared from his cabin. He was a small and dark, but rather delicate looking man for a
10sea-captain, with large whiskers and moustache, however; and wore a red cotton velvet vest with watch-seals at his side.
11To this gentleman, Stubb was now politely introduced by the Guernsey-man, who at once ostentatiously put on the aspect
12of interpreting between them. "What shall I say to him first?" said he. "Why," said Stubb, eyeing the velvet vest and
13the watch and seals, "you may as well begin by telling him that he looks a sort of babyish to me, though I don't pretend
14to be a judge." "He says, Monsieur," said the Guernsey-man, in French, turning to his captain, "that only yesterday his
15ship spoke a vessel, whose captain and chief-mate, with six sailors, had all died of a fever caught from a blasted whale
16they had brought alongside." Upon this the captain started, and eagerly desired to know more. "What now?" said the
17Guernsey-man to Stubb. "Why, since he takes it so easy, tell him that now I have eyed him carefully, I'm quite certain
18that he's no more fit to command a whale-ship than a St. Jago monkey. In fact, tell him from me he's a baboon." "He vows
19and declares, Monsieur, that the other whale, the dried one, is far more deadly than the blasted one; in fine, Monsieur,
20he conjures us, as we value our lives, to cut loose from these fish." Instantly the captain ran forward, and in a loud
21voice commanded his crew to desist from hoisting the cutting-tackles, and at once cast loose the cables and chains
22confining the whales to the ship. "What now?" said the Guernsey-man, when the Captain had returned to them. "Why, let me
23see; yes, you may as well tell him now that--that--in fact, tell him I've diddled him, and (aside to himself) perhaps
24somebody else." "He says, Monsieur, that he's very happy to have been of any service to us." Hearing this, the captain
25vowed that they were the grateful parties (meaning himself and mate) and concluded by inviting Stubb down into his cabin
26to drink a bottle of Bordeaux. "He wants you to take a glass of wine with him," said the interpreter. "Thank him
27heartily; but tell him it's against my principles to drink with the man I've diddled. In fact, tell him I must go." "He
28says, Monsieur, that his principles won't admit of his drinking; but that if Monsieur wants to live another day to
29drink, then Monsieur had best drop all four boats, and pull the ship away from these whales, for it's so calm they won't
30drift." By this time Stubb was over the side, and getting into his boat, hailed the Guernsey-man to this effect,--that
31having a long tow-line in his boat, he would do what he could to help them, by pulling out the lighter whale of the two
32from the ship's side. While the Frenchman's boats, then, were engaged in towing the ship one way, Stubb benevolently
33towed away at his whale the other way, ostentatiously slacking out a most unusually long tow-line. Presently a breeze
34sprang up; Stubb feigned to cast off from the whale; hoisting his boats, the Frenchman soon increased his distance,
35while the Pequod slid in between him and Stubb's whale. Whereupon Stubb quickly pulled to the floating body, and hailing
36the Pequod to give notice of his intentions, at once proceeded to reap the fruit of his unrighteous cunning. Seizing his
37sharp boat-spade, he commenced an excavation in the body, a little behind the side fin. You would almost have thought he
38was digging a cellar there in the sea; and when at length his spade struck against the gaunt ribs, it was like turning
39up old Roman tiles and pottery buried in fat English loam. His boat's crew were all in high excitement, eagerly helping
40their chief, and looking as anxious as gold-hunters. And all the time numberless fowls were diving, and ducking, and
41screaming, and yelling, and fighting around them. Stubb was beginning to look disappointed, especially as the horrible
42nosegay increased, when suddenly from out the very heart of this plague, there stole a faint stream of perfume, which
43flowed through the tide of bad smells without being absorbed by it, as one river will flow into and then along with
44another, without at all blending with it for a time. "I have it, I have it," cried Stubb, with delight, striking
45something in the subterranean regions, "a purse! a purse!" Dropping his spade, he thrust both hands in, and drew out
46handfuls of something that looked like ripe Windsor soap, or rich mottled old cheese; very unctuous and savory withal.
47You might easily dent it with your thumb; it is of a hue between yellow and ash colour. And this, good friends, is
48ambergris, worth a gold guinea an ounce to any druggist. Some six handfuls were obtained; but more was unavoidably lost
49in the sea, and still more, perhaps, might have been secured were it not for impatient Ahab's loud command to Stubb to
50desist, and come on board, else the ship would bid them good bye.
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