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Well then, cook, you see this whale-steak of yours was so very bad, that I have put it out of sight as soon as possible; you see that, don't you? Well, for the future, when you cook another whale-steak for my private table here, the capstan, I'll tell you what to do so as not to spoil it by overdoing. Hold the steak in one hand, and show a live coal to it with the other; that done, dish it; d'ye hear? And now to-morrow, cook, when we are cutting in the fish, be sure you stand by to get the tips of his fins; have them put in pickle. As for the ends of the flukes, have them soused, cook. There, now ye may go.
"好吧，厨司，你瞧你做的鲸排多么差，教我只好尽快地把它搞掉；你可看到吗？那么，为了下一次，你给我再搞一份鲸排的私菜，放到这绞盘上吃，我要告诉你该怎样做法，才不会煮得太烂，把它给糟蹋了。你一只手拿着肉排，另一只手捡起一块通红的炭凑上去；这样一弄，就放到盘里去；你可听到吗？那么？厨司，明天我们切大鲸的时候，你一定要等在旁边，去拿那些鱼鳍的尖尖头，把它们放到泡菜汁里。至于鱼尾巴的那些尖尖头，要把它们拿去腌起来。好吧，现在你可以走啦。"
But Fleece had hardly got three paces off, when he was recalled.
可是，弗里斯刚走了三步，又被叫回来了。
Cook, give me cutlets for supper to-morrow night in the mid-watch. D'ye hear? away you sail then.—Halloa! stop! make a bow before you go.— Avast heaving again! Whale-balls for breakfast—don't forget.
厨司，明天晚上值夜班的时候，要拿炸肉片来给我吃晚饭。你听到没有？那么，你滚吧——。喂，停住！要对我鞠个躬后再走。再停一停！明天早饭我要吃炸鱼球——别忘记。
Wish, by gor! whale eat him, 'stead of him eat whale. I'm bressed if he ain't more of shark dan Massa Shark hisself, muttered the old man, limping away; with which sage ejaculation he went to his hammock.
天啊，但愿鲸把他吃了，不要叫他吃鲸。要是他不会比鲨鱼先生更鲨鱼气些，那我才有福呢！这老头儿喃喃道，一瘸一瘸地走了；他说过这番聪明话后，就回到他的吊铺上去。
