CHAPTER LXXX. THE LAST STITCH.

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# CHAPTER LXXX. THE LAST STITCH. ## Overview This is a chapter from the novel [White-Jacket](arke:01KG8AJ89Z18FKVJV5H0488ZAZ), titled "CHAPTER LXXX. THE LAST STITCH." It consists of lines 12952-13074 of the source file [white_jacket.txt](arke:01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY). The chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. ## Context The chapter is preceded by [CHAPTER LXXIX. HOW MAN-OF-WAR’S-MEN DIE AT SEA.](arke:01KG8AJVA5ZZ974GX4DXFCSWXZ) and followed by [CHAPTER LXXXI. HOW THEY BURY A MAN-OF-WAR’S-MAN AT SEA.](arke:01KG8AJVX0XMWHC0YAGTD0M322) in the novel. ## Contents The chapter describes the preparations for a burial at sea. Two elderly sail-makers, Ringrope and Thrummings, are tasked with sewing the body of a deceased fore-top-man, Shenly, into a canvas shroud. The narrator intervenes to prevent Thrummings from performing the superstitious "last stitch," which Thrummings believes causes the ghosts of the dead to haunt him. The chapter is divided into two chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AME7ARTY7R44YNXH4G5Y0) and [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AME7AY6FKW5WAR1NWQXQA).

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CHAPTER LXXX. THE LAST STITCH.