The Spare Boats and Spare Lines

There is no telling how many things to be thought of before the pequod was fully equipped. Chief among those who did this fetching and carrying was captain bildad's sister, a lean old lady of a most determined and defatigable spirit. At one time she would come on board with a jar of pickles for the steward's pantry. Another time, with a bunch of quills for the chief mate's deskr kept his log. A third time with a roll of flannel for the small of some one's rheumatic back. Never did any woman better deserve her name, which was charity, aunt, charity, as everybody called her.