50 2 172 182 Had the foretopman been conscious
of having done or said anything to
provoke the ill will of the official, it
would have been different with him,
and his sight ^ might would have been ^ refined? purged purged if not sharpened.
As it was innocense was his blinder.

So was it with him in yet
another matter. Certain ^ Two Two minor officers —
and among them the armorer Armorer , ^ ship's yeoman, and apothecary Captain of the Hold, Apothecary &c for hi boHS and others
with whom he had never exchanged a word,
neither his needs nor his position in the ship not bringing him
into contact with them; these men began now
for the first began to cast upon Billy
when they chanced to seeseeDC meetHS ^ meet encounter him, that peculiar
glance unmistakable to the experienced to him upon it falls, of ^ a person of some experience
50 2 172 182 Had the foretopman been conscious
of having done or said anything to
provoke the ill will of the official, it
would have been different with him,
and his sight ^ might would have been ^ refined? purged purged if not sharpened.
As it was innocense was his blinder.

So was it with him in yet
another matter. Certain ^ Two Two minor officers —
and among them the armorer Armorer , ^ ship's yeoman, and apothecary Captain of the Hold, Apothecary &c for hi boHS and others
with whom he had never exchanged a word,
neither his needs nor his position in the ship not bringing him
into contact with them; these men began now
for the first began to cast upon Billy
when they chanced to seeseeDC meetHS ^ meet encounter him, that peculiar
glance unmistakable to the experienced to him upon it falls, of ^ a person of some experience

Transcribed by: John Bryant