127 146 2 137 In view of the marked
contrast between the persons of the twain,
it is more than probable that ^ when the
Master-at-arms in the scene last
given applied to the sailor the proverb
Handsome is as handsome does ; he there
let escape an ironic ^ inkling un not observed caught
at the time by the young sailors who heard it ,^ as to what it was that had
frst first moved him against Billy, namely,
his striking significant personal beauty.
Now envy and antipathy
passions irreconcilable in reason, neverthless
in fact ^ may spring conjoined like Chang and Eng
in one birth. Is Envy then such
a monster? Well, though many an
127 146 2 137 In view of the marked
contrast between the persons of the twain,
it is more than probable that ^ when the
Master-at-arms in the scene last
given applied to the sailor the proverb
Handsome is as handsome does ; he there
let escape an ironic ^ inkling un not observed caught
at the time by the young sailors who heard it ,^ as to what it was that had
frst first moved him against Billy, namely,
his striking significant personal beauty.
Now envy and antipathy
passions irreconcilable in reason, neverthless
in fact ^ may spring conjoined like Chang and Eng
in one birth. Is Envy then such
a monster? Well, though many an

Transcribed by: John Bryant