Chapter 104 99．face gold coins

We have mentioned before that when Captain Ahab led his sailors to take the oath, he once nailed a gold coin to the lower part of the mainmast, which made the sailors stare. The gold coin is pinned there, shining day and night, reminding people to keep their eyes open to look for the white whale and declare war on it for this coin. In fact, this gold coin is not only a stimulus to the sailors, but also a powerful warning to Captain Ahab himself. Every day Captain Ahab paced up and down on his quarterdeck, between the compass and the mainmast. When he was in a bad mood, he would always stop and stare at something in front of him.

When he stared at the compass needle, his eyes were as sharp as the compass needle, like a javelin ready to go. When his eyes were fixed on the gold coin, his eyes were filled with a look that only a madman would have. This morning, Captain Ahab stood in front of the coin, and was deeply attracted by it again. Every time he saw this gold coin, he would have a new feeling, as if his fanaticism had been endowed with new content and new power. At this moment, his eyes were fixed on this gold coin, as if he was hoping to find something new again. This Duburon is made of the purest gold, and it is the most prestigious thing in Spain. Although it is now nailed here by an iron nail that has rusted out of shape, it is still exposed to the wind and the sun. Spotless and still retaining its sparkle.

The design of this gold coin is so exquisite that everyone will be deeply attracted and applaud it. Ordinarily, this gold coin was nailed here, and it should have disappeared without a trace among such a group of sailors full of bad deeds. To this group of sailors who had done everything, they had to pass this gold coin that would shine even in the dark every day, and it was no effort to steal it for themselves.Besides, what was this compared with their previous unspeakable behavior on shore? However, no one did this, and no one wanted to steal it for themselves, because in their eyes, this Duburon is a holy object, a holy object that guides everyone to complete their mission, and Moby. · Dick's charm, no one dares to take it privately.

They were only thinking that some time they might find the white whale, and go to Captain Ahab to collect the prize, and rightfully claim it for themselves. "Maybe I have spent its life?" Sailors thought so. Captain Ahab stared intently at the exquisite patterns on the gold coins, and he was deeply attracted. There are many scenes engraved on the gold coins, all of which are very poetic, such as palm trees, volcanoes, sheep, sun, stars, flags and so on. The pattern on this gold coin that caught Captain Ahab's attention the most was the three peaks that looked like the Andes Mountains.

These three peaks are different, one has flames coming out of the peak, one has a tower on the top, and a rooster stands on the top of the other. "Look at these three proud peaks, they are so admirable and enviable. Look at the stable tower, that's me! Look at the flaming volcano, that's me! Look at the victor A crowing rooster is still me!" "This gold coin is like our earth, and like a magician's crystal ball, it thoroughly shines on each of us, reflecting our mysterious inner world." "Look at the sun, look at the sun that was asked to relieve human beings from disasters, it just escaped from the storm, and it didn't take long to take a breath, and then returned to the terrible storm, look at its painful look, look at its embarrassing appearance, how can it eliminate our suffering?"

"No one can save anyone, and no one can escape the pain." Starbuck leaned against the bulwark, looking at Captain Ahab who was sighing in front of the gold coin. "I dare say that even if she is a fairy, she will never get this gold coin, because this gold coin is destined to belong to the devil from the very beginning." "Old man Ahab has gone down to the cabin now. Let me come over and have a look at that famous gold coin." "I haven't looked at it very carefully. It looks really fine, but I see something ominous in it." "Although the three peaks are tall and unshakable, there is an unusually gloomy valley at their feet. It is a valley of death, and the soil at the bottom of the valley is already moldy."

"I think, after all, we will be held tightly by a magic hand in this Death Valley." "Although we will see the sun when we raise our eyes, although we will be temporarily happy, thinking that we have found support, but you must know that the sun will also avoid it. If it is in an endless night, then we are poor I can't even get any comfort!" "Let me get away from this coin, it looks smart and honest, but who knows where it's taking us all?" Meanwhile, Stubb stood by the refinery, looking at Captain Ahab, and muttering to himself. "The same gold coin will make Captain Ahab and Starbuck feel completely different. One is like a madman, and the other is like being beaten by frost."

"On one point, however, they are the same, and that is, the faces are very elongated, and I think they are thirty-six feet long." "If I get this gold coin, then I will spend it without saying a word, so I won't look around like this!" "In previous voyages, I've seen a lot of Duburon, and it's nothing special, but let me take a look too." "Ah, I saw the thing called the zodiac in the almanac, and there are many inexplicable stars. Let me bring the almanac and compare it." "The almanac is here, let me read it, ah, this is simply a history of our mankind, almanac, you are not bragging, are you?"

"Look at the zodiac, look at the twelve houses that the sun passes through every year, just like the road we have walked in life, we have experienced everything, good and evil, beauty and ugliness, happiness and pain, setbacks and prosperity, disasters and happiness... ..." "Let me be happy forever. Although I am humble and not as high as the sun, I don't want to suffer. I just want to live happily." Flask had been hiding around the refinery for a long time, and now he also walked towards the gold coins. Stubb wanted to hear what he had to say, and stepped aside.

Flask stood before the coin and spoke. "I can't see anything but a shiny gold thing. What is there to sigh in front of it? All I know is that it's worth sixteen dollars. At two cents a cigar, you can buy Nine hundred and sixty cigars, I don't know if I'm right?" "I like smoking that stuff. It looks like I'm destined to climb up the mast and find that guy in the middle of nowhere and get this piece of gold." "But even if I think so, I still don't know, am I smart or stupid?" "The old man from Long Island is here, let's see what he says."

Flask ducked aside, and the Long Island sailor came before the coin. "I dare say that after a month and a day, we will find that guy, but let me see where the sun is at that time, whether it is bad or good, I have learned the stars from an old Danish witch Learned." "My God, we'll be in Leo then, my Pequod, how could you be so unlucky? I'm heartbroken." "Look, here comes Queequeg, and looking at him so fiercely, you'd think the sun was somewhere in him." "Look, here comes Fedala, the devil, and see him bowing to the coin, for there is a sun on the coin." "Poor Pip's here too, and every time I see him I don't know whether he's dead or I'm dead, which makes me wonder." "Listen, what's Pip reading." Pip looked at the gold coin and chanted it like a ballad. "Let's see, let's see, let's all see." "You're all bats and I'm a crow." "Am I standing on top of this tall pine tree, am I not a crow?" "Look at the scarecrow below. He has bones instead of legs and bones instead of hands!" "Everyone wants to get you, but that's unimaginable. You know, nailing something to the mast is often a sign of bad luck!" "Old man Ahab, the white whale will nail you up as you nail gold coins." "Once when my father cut down a tree in my hometown, he found a black wedding silver ring in the tree hole, so when people pick us up at Easter in the future, they will also find this Meduber will do it!"