tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post111513359602234903..comments2024-03-28T14:13:23.835-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: The News from the FrontNeddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1115514989725292832005-05-07T21:16:00.000-04:002005-05-07T21:16:00.000-04:00Chief among those who did this fetching and carryi...Chief among those who did this fetching and carrying was Captain Bildad's sister, a lean old lady of a most determined and indefatigable spirit, but withal very kindhearted, who seemed resolved that, if she could help it, nothing should be found wanting in the Pequod, after once fairly getting to sea. At one time she would come on board with a jar of pickles for the steward's pantry; another time with a bunch of quills for the chief mate's desk, where he kept his log; a third time with a roll of flannel for the small of some one's rheumatic back. Never did any woman better deserve her name, which was Charity- Aunt Charity, as everybody called her. And like a sister of charity did this charitable Aunt Charity bustle about hither and thither, ready to turn her hand and heart to anything that promised to yield safety, comfort, and consolation to all on board a ship in which her beloved brother Bildad was concerned, and in which she herself owned a score or two of well-saved dollars.<BR/><BR/>Another example of 19th century Quaker womanhood from <I>Moby Dick</I> chapter 20. Unfortunately, she is also responsible for the temperance beverage "ginger jub" that nearly poisons Queequeg in a later chapter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1115194205691907922005-05-04T04:10:00.000-04:002005-05-04T04:10:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1115165894194650992005-05-03T20:18:00.000-04:002005-05-03T20:18:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com