From Hell's Gates I Spit My Heart At Thee |
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 He arrives, accompanied
by Pip and a chest overflowing with gold ("AHAB
‘S HOME-COMING")
and breaks the bad news to her – not only has he lost his leg to
the rogue whale Moby Dick, but his manhood as well. He will not
be able to father her children. Esta inappropriately giggles
when he reveals his ivory stump and the other guests at Ahab’s
homecoming follow suit. Humiliated, Ahab denounces Esta (who
immediately jumps out a window to a watery death) and returns to
the safety of his cabin aboard the Pequod.
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