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- # CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
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## Context
This section is part of a larger chapter within the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, which is contained in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by [CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.](arke:01KG8AMBF3YSKDC8QFR1SQ1YGG) and followed by [CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.](arke:01KG8AMBF3C6FHG6W1GXHFDFMC). The chapter this section belongs to is [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_)](arke:01KG8AK83BA227D6NY5BT040FM).
## Contents
This section describes the meeting between the Pequod and the Nantucket ship, the Bachelor. The Bachelor is returning home with a full load of oil and is in a celebratory mood. The crew is described as being jovial, with music, dancing, and general revelry. In contrast, Captain Ahab and the Pequod are portrayed as somber and focused on their hunt for the White Whale. The captain of the Bachelor invites Ahab aboard, but Ahab declines, asking if the Bachelor has seen the White Whale. The Bachelor's captain replies that he has only heard of it and doesn't believe in it. Ahab, unimpressed by the Bachelor's joviality and success, orders the Pequod to set sail and continue its pursuit. The section concludes with Ahab eyeing the homeward-bound Bachelor and taking out a vial of sand from Nantucket. The section contains two chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AP5AY4DRA54GYRVBJ6S71) and [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AP5B210JHBXXVY96JSTS1).
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