scene,
or
a
transfer to a place less
exposed to observation than the broad quarter-deck.
For Although the few gun-room officers
there at the time had, in due
observance of naval etiquette, withdrawn
to leeward the moment Captain Vere
had begun prom his promenade
on the ship's deck's weather-side; and tho'
during the colloquy with Claggart they
of course ventured not to diminish
the distance; and though throughout
the interview Captain Vere's voice
was far from high, and Claggart's voice
was silvery and low; yet lower; and the wind in the
cordage and the wash of the sea helped
the more to put them beyond ear-shot;
exposed to observation than the broad quarter-deck.
For Although the few gun-room officers
there at the time had, in due
observance of naval etiquette, withdrawn
to leeward the moment Captain Vere
had begun prom his promenade
on the ship's deck's weather-side; and tho'
during the colloquy with Claggart they
of course ventured not to diminish
the distance; and though throughout
the interview Captain Vere's voice
was far from high, and Claggart's voice
was silvery and low; yet lower; and the wind in the
cordage and the wash of the sea helped
the more to put them beyond ear-shot;
scene,
or
a
transfer to a place less
exposed to observation than the broad quarter-deck.
For Although the few gun-room officers
there at the time had, in due
observance of naval etiquette, withdrawn
to leeward the moment Captain Vere
had begun prom his promenade
on the ship's deck's weather-side; and tho'
during the colloquy with Claggart they
of course ventured not to diminish
the distance; and though throughout
the interview Captain Vere's voice
was far from high, and Claggart's voice
was silvery and low; yet lower; and the wind in the
cordage and the wash of the sea helped
the more to put them beyond ear-shot;
exposed to observation than the broad quarter-deck.
For Although the few gun-room officers
there at the time had, in due
observance of naval etiquette, withdrawn
to leeward the moment Captain Vere
had begun prom his promenade
on the ship's deck's weather-side; and tho'
during the colloquy with Claggart they
of course ventured not to diminish
the distance; and though throughout
the interview Captain Vere's voice
was far from high, and Claggart's voice
was silvery and low; yet lower; and the wind in the
cordage and the wash of the sea helped
the more to put them beyond ear-shot;
Transcribed by: John Bryant