50 7 177 187 sounding some of the ^ other impressed men
of the ship in order to discover
what basis, if any, there was for
the emissary's obscure suggestions
as to lurking ^ plotting disaffection aboard.
Yes, any shrewd one would may so so think.

But something more, or rather, and ^ something
else than mere shrewdness is
perhaps needful for the due
understanding of such a character
as Billy Budd's. ——//——
50 7 177 187 sounding some of the ^ other impressed men
of the ship in order to discover
what basis, if any, there was for
the emissary's obscure suggestions
as to lurking ^ plotting disaffection aboard.
Yes, any shrewd one would may so so think.

But something more, or rather, and ^ something
else than mere shrewdness is
perhaps needful for the due
understanding of such a character
as Billy Budd's. ——//——

Transcribed by: John Bryant