220 230 The Surgeon turned, looked, and for all his
self- possessed possession command of character , somewhat ^ started at the
the abrupt revelation. spe spectacle. On Claggart's
always bleached pallid complexion, the d thick
black blood was now oozing from
nostril and ear. To the gazer's
professional eye death was patent it was 38
unmistakably a corpse no living man that he saw.
"Is it so then? said Captain
Vere intently watching him . , "I thought it."
But verify it." Whereupon the customary
tests confirmed the Surgeon's first glance.
Captain Vere stood motionless . , The
other who now looking up in unfeined
concern, cast an inq cast a look
of intense inquisitivness upon his
superior.
220 230 The Surgeon turned, looked, and for all his
self- possessed possession command of character , somewhat ^ started at the
the abrupt revelation. spe spectacle. On Claggart's
always bleached pallid complexion, the d thick
black blood was now oozing from
nostril and ear. To the gazer's
professional eye death was patent it was 38
unmistakably a corpse no living man that he saw.
"Is it so then? said Captain
Vere intently watching him . , "I thought it."
But verify it." Whereupon the customary
tests confirmed the Surgeon's first glance.
Captain Vere stood motionless . , The
other who now looking up in unfeined
concern, cast an inq cast a look
of intense inquisitivness upon his
superior.

Transcribed by: John Bryant