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MOBY DICK Herman Melville CHAPTER 16 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | MOBY DICK Herman Melville CHAPTER 16 The Ship In bed we concocted our plans for the morrow. But to my surprise and no small concern Queequeg now gave me to understand that he had been diligently consulting Yojo- the name of his black little god- and Yojo had told him two or three times over and strongly insisted upon it everyway that instead of our going together among the whaling-fleet in harbor and in concert selecting our craft instead of this I say Yojo earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me inasmuch as Yojo purposed befriending us and in order to do so had already pitched upon a vessel which if left to myself I Ishmael should infallibly light upon for all the world as though it had turned out by chance and in that vessel I must immediately ship myself for the present irrespective of Queequeg. I have forgotten to mention that in many things Queequeg placed great confidence in the excellence of Yojo s judgment and surprising forecast of things and cherished Yojo with considerable esteem as a rather good sort of god who perhaps meant well enough upon the whole but in all cases did not succeed in his benevolent designs. Now this plan of Queequeg s or rather Yojo s touching the selection of our craft I did not like that plan at all. I had not a little relied upon Queequeg s sagacity to point out the whaler best fitted to carry us and our fortunes securely. But as all my remonstrances produced no effect upon Queequeg I was obliged to acquiesce and accordingly prepared to set about this business with a determined rushing sort of energy and vigor that should quickly settle that trifling little affair. Next morning early leaving Queequeg shut up with in our little bedroom- for it seemed that it was some sort of Lent or Ramadan or day of fasting humiliation and prayer with Queequeg and Yojo that day how it was I never could find out for though I applied myself to it several times I never could master his liturgies and XXXIX .
