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Well then, cook, you see this whale-steak of yours was so very bad, that I have put it out of sight as soon as possible; you see that, don't you? Well, for the future, when you cook another whale-steak for my private table here, the capstan, I'll tell you what to do so as not to spoil it by overdoing. Hold the steak in one hand, and show a live coal to it with the other; that done, dish it; d'ye hear? And now to-morrow, cook, when we are cutting in the fish, be sure you stand by to get the tips of his fins; have them put in pickle. As for the ends of the flukes, have them soused, cook. There, now ye may go.
"好吧，廚司，你瞧你做的鯨排多么差，教我只好盡快地把它搞掉；你可看到嗎？那么，為了下一次，你給我再搞一份鯨排的私菜，放到這絞盤上吃，我要告訴你該怎樣做法，才不會煮得太爛，把它給糟蹋了。你一只手拿著肉排，另一只手撿起一塊通紅的炭湊上去；這樣一弄，就放到盤里去；你可聽到嗎？那么？廚司，明天我們切大鯨的時候，你一定要等在旁邊，去拿那些魚鰭的尖尖頭，把它們放到泡菜汁里。至于魚尾巴的那些尖尖頭，要把它們拿去腌起來。好吧，現在你可以走啦。"
But Fleece had hardly got three paces off, when he was recalled.
可是，弗里斯剛走了三步，又被叫回來了。
Cook, give me cutlets for supper to-morrow night in the mid-watch. D'ye hear? away you sail then.—Halloa! stop! make a bow before you go.— Avast heaving again! Whale-balls for breakfast—don't forget.
廚司，明天晚上值夜班的時候，要拿炸肉片來給我吃晚飯。你聽到沒有？那么，你滾吧——。喂，停住！要對我鞠個躬后再走。再停一停！明天早飯我要吃炸魚球——別忘記。
Wish, by gor! whale eat him, 'stead of him eat whale. I'm bressed if he ain't more of shark dan Massa Shark hisself, muttered the old man, limping away; with which sage ejaculation he went to his hammock.
天啊，但愿鯨把他吃了，不要叫他吃鯨。要是他不會比鯊魚先生更鯊魚氣些，那我才有福呢！這老頭兒喃喃道，一瘸一瘸地走了；他說過這番聰明話后，就回到他的吊鋪上去。
