“They will last long enough! pull on!⁠—But who can tell”⁠—he muttered⁠—“whether these sharks swim to feast on the whale or on Ahab?⁠—But pull on! Aye, all alive, now⁠—we near him. The helm! take the helm! let me pass,”⁠—and so saying two of the oarsmen helped him forward to the bows of the still flying boat.