Moby Dick Chapter 109-113

In which the Pequod encounters troubling leaks in her precious cargo, provoking a terse conflict between Captain Ahab and Starbuck over the ship’s priorities, while the harpooneer Queequeg falls grievously ill and makes solemn preparations for death. Meanwhile, the melancholy blacksmith Perth toils at his forge, forging a mighty new harpoon for Ahab’s dreadful purpose as the ship glides into the vast and mysterious Pacific, where sombre moods reign beneath a veneer of majestic calm.