captain himself. But from the latter it was
not often that a sailor or pett?y petty -officer of those days
would seek a hearing; only some
exceptional cause, would, according to
established custom, have warranted that.
Presently, just as Captain Vere the Commander
worried by absorbed in his reflections was on the point
of turning aft in his promenade, he
became sensible of Claggart's prescence presence ,
and sa seeing saw the doffed cap held in
deferential expectancy , . knew what that it
meant On the instant, no sooner did Captain Vere observe who
it was that stood awaiting him, than that expression
that flits across the face of most men
sud at unawares encountering a person with the officer-of-the-deck or the
captain himself. But from the latter it was
not often that a sailor or pett?y petty -officer of those days
would seek a hearing; only some
exceptional cause, would, according to
established custom, have warranted that.
Presently, just as Captain Vere the Commander
worried by absorbed in his reflections was on the point
of turning aft in his promenade, he
became sensible of Claggart's prescence presence ,
and sa seeing saw the doffed cap held in
deferential expectancy , . knew what that it
meant On the instant, no sooner did Captain Vere observe who
it was that stood awaiting him, than that expression
that flits across the face of most men
sud at unawares encountering a person with the officer-of-the-deck or the
Transcribed by: John Bryant