from the loins up into a sitting position.
The lean spare form flexibly acquiesed, but
inertly. It was like handling a dead
snake. They lowered it back. Regaining
erectness Captain Vere with one hand
covering his face stood to all appearance as impassive
as the object at his feet. Was he absorbed
in taking in all the bearings of the event
and what was best not only now at once
to be done, but also in the sequel? Slowly he
uncovered his face; and the effect was
as if the moon emerging from eclipse
should reappear with quite another The twain raised the felled one
from the loins up into a sitting position.
The lean spare form flexibly acquiesed, but
inertly. It was like handling a dead
snake. They lowered it back. Regaining
erectness Captain Vere with one hand
covering his face stood to all appearance as impassive
as the object at his feet. Was he absorbed
in taking in all the bearings of the event
and what was best not only now at once
to be done, but also in the sequel? Slowly he
uncovered his face; and the effect was
as if the moon emerging from eclipse
should reappear with quite another The twain raised the felled one
Transcribed by: John Bryant