Ahab, Cried Starbuck. Not Too Late!

The harpoon dropped from ahab's hand. The half torn body of the parcy was seen, his sable raiment frayed to shreds. But he looked too nigh the boat, for as if bent upon escaping with the corpse, he bore. As he saw all this, as he heard the hammers and the broken boats, far ther hammers seemed driving a nail into his heart. He rallied. And now, marking that the ven or flag was gone from the main masthead, he shouted to tashtigo, who had just gained that perch, to descend again for another flag and a hammer and nails. And so nail it to the mast