This incident sorely puzzled
Billy Budd. It was an entirely
new experience; the first time in his
life that he had ever been personally
apprached in underhand intrigueing
fashion. Prior to this encounter he
had known nothing of the afterguardsman,
the two men being stationed wide
apart, one forward forewardHS and aloft during
his watch, the other on deck and aft.
What could it mean? And could
they really be guineas, those two
glittering objects the interloper
had held up to his (Billy's) eyes?
Billy Budd. It was an entirely
new experience; the first time in his
life that he had ever been personally
apprached in underhand intrigueing
fashion. Prior to this encounter he
had known nothing of the afterguardsman,
the two men being stationed wide
apart, one forward forewardHS and aloft during
his watch, the other on deck and aft.
What could it mean? And could
they really be guineas, those two
glittering objects the interloper
had held up to his (Billy's) eyes?
This incident sorely puzzled
Billy Budd. It was an entirely
new experience; the first time in his
life that he had ever been personally
apprached in underhand intrigueing
fashion. Prior to this encounter he
had known nothing of the afterguardsman,
the two men being stationed wide
apart, one forward forewardHS and aloft during
his watch, the other on deck and aft.
What could it mean? And could
they really be guineas, those two
glittering objects the interloper
had held up to his (Billy's) eyes?
Billy Budd. It was an entirely
new experience; the first time in his
life that he had ever been personally
apprached in underhand intrigueing
fashion. Prior to this encounter he
had known nothing of the afterguardsman,
the two men being stationed wide
apart, one forward forewardHS and aloft during
his watch, the other on deck and aft.
What could it mean? And could
they really be guineas, those two
glittering objects the interloper
had held up to his (Billy's) eyes?
Transcribed by: John Bryant