What was the matter with
the master-at-arms? And, be the
matter what it might, how could
it have direct relation to Billy Budd
with whom prior to the affair of the
spilled soup he the master-at-arms
had never come into any special
contact official or otherwise? Yes,
what What indeed could the trouble have to do
with inoffensive one so little inclined to give offence as the merchant-ship's peacemaker ,
even him too who in Claggart's own phrase
was "the sweet and pleasant young
the master-at-arms? And, be the
matter what it might, how could
it have direct relation to Billy Budd
with whom prior to the affair of the
spilled soup he the master-at-arms
had never come into any special
contact official or otherwise? Yes,
what What indeed could the trouble have to do
with inoffensive one so little inclined to give offence as the merchant-ship's peacemaker ,
even him too who in Claggart's own phrase
was "the sweet and pleasant young
What was the matter with
the master-at-arms? And, be the
matter what it might, how could
it have direct relation to Billy Budd
with whom prior to the affair of the
spilled soup he the master-at-arms
had never come into any special
contact official or otherwise? Yes,
what What indeed could the trouble have to do
with inoffensive one so little inclined to give offence as the merchant-ship's peacemaker ,
even him too who in Claggart's own phrase
was "the sweet and pleasant young
the master-at-arms? And, be the
matter what it might, how could
it have direct relation to Billy Budd
with whom prior to the affair of the
spilled soup he the master-at-arms
had never come into any special
contact official or otherwise? Yes,
what What indeed could the trouble have to do
with inoffensive one so little inclined to give offence as the merchant-ship's peacemaker ,
even him too who in Claggart's own phrase
was "the sweet and pleasant young
Transcribed by: John Bryant