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But these were the first sharks that had been observed by the Pequod since the White Whale had been first descried; and whether it was that Ahab's crew were all such tiger-yellow barbarians, and therefore their flesh more musky to the senses of the sharks — a matter sometimes well known to affect them, — however it was, they seemed to follow that one boat without molesting the others.
不過，自從初次發現白鯨以來，這卻是“裴廓德號”第一次看到的一群鯊魚；究竟是不是因為亞哈的船員全都是些虎皮黃膚色的野蠻人，因此，他們的皮肉，鯊魚聞起來麝香氣很足——據說這味道往往很能吸引鯊魚——總之，這群鯊魚似乎只是盯牢這只小艇，不去騷擾其它小艇。
Heart of wrought steel! murmured Starbuck gazing over the side, and following with his eyes the receding boat — "canst thou yet ring boldly to that sight? — lowering thy keel among ravening sharks, and followed by them, open-mouthed to the chase; and this the critical third day? — For when three days flow together in one continuous intense pursuit; be sure the first is the morning, the second the noon, and the third the evening and the end of that thing — be that end what it may. Oh! my God! what is this that shoots through me, and leaves me so deadly calm, yet expectant, — fixed at the top of a shudder! Future things swim before me, as in empty outlines and skeletons; all the past is somehow grown dim. Mary, girl; thou fadest in pale glories behind me; boy! I seem to see but thy eyes grown wondrous blue.
鐵打的心！斯達巴克的眼睛掠過船側，望著那只逐漸消失的小艇，嘴里喃喃道——”看到這般景象，你還能大夸其口嘛？——把你的龍骨放到這群狼吞虎咽的鯊魚里頭去，讓它們大張著嘴，跟在后面，出去追擊；今天又是關鍵的第三天，——如果把三天算做一次連續不停的緊張追擊的話；那準是這樣：第一天是早晨，第二天是中午，第三天是太陽落山了，也是這樁事情的結束嘍——不管它是怎樣結束的。啊！我的天啊！是什么東西把我打穿了，弄得我這樣可怕的鎮定，卻又有所期待——在令人寒顫的高峰上一動不動了！將來的事情都在我眼前閃過來掠過去，好象是置身在空軀空殼里頭；一切過去的事都不知怎地，越來越朦朧了。瑪麗，妻子；我死后，你將在蒼白的榮光里雕零啦！孩子呀，我似乎只看到你的眼睛越來越藍得出奇。
