ght have killed that chap?”</p>
<p>“What him say?” said Queequeg, as he mildly turned to me.</p>
<p>“He say,” said I, “that you came near kill-e that man there,” pointing to the still shivering greenhorn.</p>
<p>“Kill-e,” cried Queequeg, twisting his tattooed face into an unearthly expression of disdain, “ah! him bevy small-e fish-e; Queequeg no kill-e so small-e fish-e; Queequeg kill-e big whale!”</p>
<p>“Look you,” roared the Captain, “I’ll kill-e YOU, you cannibal, if you tr