He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him;…

Herman Melville
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He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married. ✨ Moby Dick.
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He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married. ✨ Moby Dick.

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