"No, not always. But to me
he
has. I
n seldom pass him but there comes a
pleasant word."
"And that's because he's
down upon you, Baby Budd."
Such reiteration along
with the manner of it, incomprehensible
to a novice, disturbed Billy almost
as much as the mystery for which
he had sought some explanation.
Something less unpleasingly oracular
he tried to extract; but the old
sea-Chiron thinking perhaps
that for the nonce he had
n seldom pass him but there comes a
pleasant word."
"And that's because he's
down upon you, Baby Budd."
Such reiteration along
with the manner of it, incomprehensible
to a novice, disturbed Billy almost
as much as the mystery for which
he had sought some explanation.
Something less unpleasingly oracular
he tried to extract; but the old
sea-Chiron thinking perhaps
that for the nonce he had
"No, not always. But to me
he
has. I
n seldom pass him but there comes a
pleasant word."
"And that's because he's
down upon you, Baby Budd."
Such reiteration along
with the manner of it, incomprehensible
to a novice, disturbed Billy almost
as much as the mystery for which
he had sought some explanation.
Something less unpleasingly oracular
he tried to extract; but the old
sea-Chiron thinking perhaps
that for the nonce he had
n seldom pass him but there comes a
pleasant word."
"And that's because he's
down upon you, Baby Budd."
Such reiteration along
with the manner of it, incomprehensible
to a novice, disturbed Billy almost
as much as the mystery for which
he had sought some explanation.
Something less unpleasingly oracular
he tried to extract; but the old
sea-Chiron thinking perhaps
that for the nonce he had
Transcribed by: John Bryant