Moby-Dick (1851) US edition/Chapter 122

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Moby-Dick (1851) US edition
by Herman Melville
Chapter 122: Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning
67573Moby-Dick (1851) US edition — Chapter 122: Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and LightningHerman Melville

CHAPTER CXXII.

midnight aloft.—thunder and lightning.

The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

Um, um, um, Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here. What’s the use of thunder? Um, um, um. We don’t want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass of rum. Um, um, um!”