33 4 156 166 so embarrased Billy that he knew
not how to respond to it, and let it
go unnoticed. After that there was
no more recognition on either side.
Billy was now left more at sea at a loss
than be xHS he before . The ineffectual speculations
into which he was led was so disturbingly
alien to him that he did his best to
smother them. It never entered his
mind that here was a matter which
from its extreme questionableness suspiciousness , it was his duty
as a loyal tar blue-jacket to report in
the proper quarter. And, probably,
had such a course step been suggested
to him, he would have been deterred
from taking it by the thought,
33 4 156 166 so embarrased Billy that he knew
not how to respond to it, and let it
go unnoticed. After that there was
no more recognition on either side.
Billy was now left more at sea at a loss
than be xHS he before . The ineffectual speculations
into which he was led was so disturbingly
alien to him that he did his best to
smother them. It never entered his
mind that here was a matter which
from its extreme questionableness suspiciousness , it was his duty
as a loyal tar blue-jacket to report in
the proper quarter. And, probably,
had such a course step been suggested
to him, he would have been deterred
from taking it by the thought,

Transcribed by: John Bryant