231 241 concluding measure was upon the
point of being enacted, he deemed
it advisable, in view of the all the
circumstances to guard as much as
possible against publicity. Here he
may or may not have erred. Certain
it is however that subsequently in the 47
confidential talk of more than one or
two gun-rooms ^ and cabins he was not a little
criticized criticisedHS by some officers, a circum fact
imputed by his friends and vehemently
by his cousin Jack Denton to professional
jealousy of Starry Vere . Some
imaginative ground for invidious
comment there was. The maintenance u p
231 241 concluding measure was upon the
point of being enacted, he deemed
it advisable, in view of the all the
circumstances to guard as much as
possible against publicity. Here he
may or may not have erred. Certain
it is however that subsequently in the 47
confidential talk of more than one or
two gun-rooms ^ and cabins he was not a little
criticized criticisedHS by some officers, a circum fact
imputed by his friends and vehemently
by his cousin Jack Denton to professional
jealousy of Starry Vere . Some
imaginative ground for invidious
comment there was. The maintenance u p

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