"aye, aye, i thought as much," soliloquized stubb, when the boats diverged, "as soon as i clapt eye on ’em, i thought so. aye, and that’s what he went into the after hold for, so often, as dough-boy long suspected. they were hidden down there. the white whale’s at the bottom of it. well, well, so be it! can’t be helped! all right! give way, men!