{"id":"01KF7FPMFARW94Q3A7CHXGMPPB","cid":"bafkreihz3mj4zdkwurgsrxia7i7hqfcf3ibe72pdnc4qxl6qr4tscfhffi","type":"chapter","properties":{"end_line":7044,"extracted_at":"2026-01-18T02:42:15.063Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"First Night-Watch.","source_file":"01KESYVB66H8YEVTN88DWE9W8D","start_line":7011,"text":"CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch.\r\n\r\nFore-Top.\r\n\r\n(_Stubb solus, and mending a brace_.)\r\n\r\nHa! ha! ha! ha! hem! clear my throat!—I’ve been thinking over it ever\r\nsince, and that ha, ha’s the final consequence. Why so? Because a\r\nlaugh’s the wisest, easiest answer to all that’s queer; and come what\r\nwill, one comfort’s always left—that unfailing comfort is, it’s all\r\npredestinated. I heard not all his talk with Starbuck; but to my poor\r\neye Starbuck then looked something as I the other evening felt. Be sure\r\nthe old Mogul has fixed him, too. I twigged it, knew it; had had the\r\ngift, might readily have prophesied it—for when I clapped my eye upon\r\nhis skull I saw it. Well, Stubb, _wise_ Stubb—that’s my title—well,\r\nStubb, what of it, Stubb? Here’s a carcase. I know not all that may be\r\ncoming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing. Such a waggish\r\nleering as lurks in all your horribles! I feel funny. Fa, la! lirra,\r\nskirra! What’s my juicy little pear at home doing now? Crying its eyes\r\nout?—Giving a party to the last arrived harpooneers, I dare say, gay as\r\na frigate’s pennant, and so am I—fa, la! lirra, skirra! Oh—\r\n\r\n\r\nWe’ll drink to-night with hearts as light, To love, as gay and fleeting\r\nAs bubbles that swim, on the beaker’s brim, And break on the lips while\r\nmeeting.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA brave stave that—who calls? Mr. Starbuck? Aye, aye, sir—(_Aside_)\r\nhe’s my superior, he has his too, if I’m not mistaken.—Aye, aye, sir,\r\njust through with this job—coming.\r\n\r\n\r","title":"First Night-Watch."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KF7FPKDT5SHSH1ZQV6ABHQCA","peer_label":"Moby Dick; Or, The Whale","peer_type":"book","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KF7FPKDT5SHSH1ZQV6ABHQCA","peer_label":"Moby Dick; Or, The Whale","peer_type":"book","predicate":"partOf"},{"peer":"01KESYJX0Z6XE0HWTS5N3SDG0B","peer_label":"The Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":1,"created_at":"2026-01-18T02:42:15.890Z","ts":"2026-01-18T02:42:15.890Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KF7FCDA7SCSJ6A30TDPDSJQV"}}