80 31 2 5 2 125 105 117 ^ true. That was so And not very long afterwards
a little apparent incident confirmed Billy's word. it. The
ship at noon going large before the
wind was rolling on her course ,
and the foretopman Foretopman being he below at
dinner and engaged in some sportful
talk with the members of his mess,
chanced in a sudden lurch to spill
the entire contents of his soup-pan
upon the ^ new scrubbed deck. ^ Claggart, The Master-at-
arms, official rattan in hand,
happened to be passing along the
battery there in a bay of which the mess
was lodged, and the greasy liquid
streamed just across his path. He
Stepping over it, he was proceeding
80 31 2 5 2 125 105 117 ^ true. That was so And not very long afterwards
a little apparent incident confirmed Billy's word. it. The
ship at noon going large before the
wind was rolling on her course ,
and the foretopman Foretopman being he below at
dinner and engaged in some sportful
talk with the members of his mess,
chanced in a sudden lurch to spill
the entire contents of his soup-pan
upon the ^ new scrubbed deck. ^ Claggart, The Master-at-
arms, official rattan in hand,
happened to be passing along the
battery there in a bay of which the mess
was lodged, and the greasy liquid
streamed just across his path. He
Stepping over it, he was proceeding

Transcribed by: John Bryant