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This was a short but funny chapter. Ishmael is dismayed when he wakes up to find Queequeg's arm thrown over him as if the two were married. Then, his strange new friend gets out of bed and proceeds to give himself a morning shave with his harpoon.
There's also a hint that Ishmael's childhood was not a happy one. His stepmother "was all the time whipping me, or sending me to bed supperless."
After being sent early to bed once, little Ishmael had a frightening moment when he woke and thought he felt a "supernatural" ghost-like hand holding his own. Afterwards, the little boy had no idea what he encountered, and it troubled him throughout his life. "Nay, to this very hour, I often puzzle myself with it."
There's also a hint that Ishmael's childhood was not a happy one. His stepmother "was all the time whipping me, or sending me to bed supperless."
After being sent early to bed once, little Ishmael had a frightening moment when he woke and thought he felt a "supernatural" ghost-like hand holding his own. Afterwards, the little boy had no idea what he encountered, and it troubled him throughout his life. "Nay, to this very hour, I often puzzle myself with it."
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