:Depiction: A close-up of Starbuck''s eye; we see Ahab reflected with his wife and child. The six cups of the suit are lined up at the bottom of the card.
Text: Chapter 132: The Symphony
Close! stand close to me, Starbuck; let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God. By the green land; by the bright hearth-stone! this is the magic glass, man; I see my wife and my child in thine eye.
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Comments: This is the chapter in which we find out that Ahab, "the old man," is only 58. Until then I had imagined he was well into his 70's.
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