Queequeg's Confessions - Chapter 18, His Mark

"I do not think that my remarks about religion made such impression upon queequeg because, in the first place, he somehow seemed dull of hearing on that important subject. He did not more than one third understand me, couch my ideas simply as i would." "He looked at me with a sort of condescending concern and compassion, as though he thought it a great pity that such a sensible young man should be so hope y lost to evangelical pagan piety".