1. Billy Budd (Full)
  2. Chapter 11
  3. leaf 323
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135 [[The bubbled text below, circled in orange crayon on the patch in MS, is transposed and is intended to come directly after "'mystery of iniquity'?" Its physical position is represented properly in the Diplomatic Transcription here, but the Reading Text appears in Leaf Image 326.]]
If they do, such savor / it was unintended, but rather
sought to be avoided sought to be / was not far enough from being intended ^
but was unavoidable. / for little will it commend
them the these pages to many a reader of to-day.
With an ^ added hint or two / in connection with
the little what incident at the mess, / the
resumed narrative must now be left
to justify to establish , ^ vindicate, as it may, its Chap
own credibility.
135 [[The bubbled text below, circled in orange crayon on the patch in MS, is transposed and is intended to come directly after "'mystery of iniquity'?" Its physical position is represented properly in the Diplomatic Transcription here, but the Reading Text appears in Leaf Image 326.]]
If they do, such savor / it was unintended, but rather
sought to be avoided sought to be / was not far enough from being intended ^
but was unavoidable. / for little will it commend
them the these pages to many a reader of to-day.
With an ^ added hint or two / in connection with
the little what incident at the mess, / the
resumed narrative must now be left
to justify to establish , ^ vindicate, as it may, its Chap
own credibility.

Transcribed by: John Bryant