184 194 Here be it said that Captain Vere
personal knowledge of this petty-officer
had only begun at the time of
the ship's ^ last sailing from home, Claggart
then for the first, in transfer from a
ship detained for repais repairs , supplying
on in ^ on board the Bellipotent the place of a 5
previous Master-at-arms now disabled from
duty and in hospital ashore.
No sooner did the Commander
observe who it was that now so
deferentially stood awaiting ^ his notice,
than a peculiar expression came over him.
his face. It was not unlike that which
uncontrolably will flit across the

184 194 Here be it said that Captain Vere
personal knowledge of this petty-officer
had only begun at the time of
the ship's ^ last sailing from home, Claggart
then for the first, in transfer from a
ship detained for repais repairs , supplying
on in ^ on board the Bellipotent the place of a 5
previous Master-at-arms now disabled from
duty and in hospital ashore.
No sooner did the Commander
observe who it was that now so
deferentially stood awaiting ^ his notice,
than a peculiar expression came over him.
his face. It was not unlike that which
uncontrolably will flit across the

Transcribed by: John Bryant