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Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning

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The Main-top-sail yard. — Tashtego passing new lashings around it ‘Um, um, um. Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here. What’s the use of thunder? Um, um, um. We don’t want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass of rum....
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Title: Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning
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The Main-top-sail yard.
— Tashtego passing new lashings around it ‘Um, um, um.
Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here.
What’s the use of thunder? Um, um, um.
We don’t want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass of rum.

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