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- # CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
## Overview
This entity is a section from the novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale," titled "CHAPTER 123. The Musket." It was extracted from the text file "moby_dick.txt" and is part of the "Melville Complete Works" collection. The section spans lines 19538 to 19658 of the source file.
## Context
This section is a chapter within the larger work, "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale," which is contained within the "Melville Complete Works" collection. The chapter follows "CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning." ([arke:01KG8AMBFAY7Y5E7Q43HRM4YBA]) and precedes "CHAPTER 124. The Needle." ([arke:01KG8AMC17YJ3CH7J5C33ABZTE]). The source file, "moby_dick.txt" ([arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6]), contains the text from which this chapter was extracted.
## Contents
This chapter is divided into two chunks of text. The first chunk ([arke:01KG8AP5B84B6MV46M1HTFVR7K]) describes the aftermath of a typhoon and the crew's efforts to regain control of the ship. Starbuck, upon reporting a fair wind to Captain Ahab, is confronted by the loaded muskets in Ahab's cabin and is tempted by dark thoughts. The second chunk ([arke:01KG8AP5Z45BV6BWVQMT60H0TC]) continues the scene, with Starbuck wrestling with the moral implications of potentially killing Ahab, ultimately deciding against it.
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