prejudgement
as it were
on the speaker's part.
It served to augment a mental
disturbance previously evident enough.
The soldier once more spoke; in a
tone of suggestive dubiety addressing
at once Captain Vere and his associates
and Captain Vere: "Nobody is present —
none of the ship's company, I mean,
who might shed lateral light, if any
is to be had, upon what remains
mysterious in this matter."
"That is thoughtfully put"
said Captain Vere; " and " I see your drift.
Ay, there is a mystery; but, to use a
Scriptural phrase, it is "a mystery of
It served to augment a mental
disturbance previously evident enough.
The soldier once more spoke; in a
tone of suggestive dubiety addressing
at once Captain Vere and his associates
and Captain Vere: "Nobody is present —
none of the ship's company, I mean,
who might shed lateral light, if any
is to be had, upon what remains
mysterious in this matter."
"That is thoughtfully put"
said Captain Vere; " and " I see your drift.
Ay, there is a mystery; but, to use a
Scriptural phrase, it is "a mystery of
prejudgement
as it were
on the speaker's part.
It served to augment a mental
disturbance previously evident enough.
The soldier once more spoke; in a
tone of suggestive dubiety addressing
at once Captain Vere and his associates
and Captain Vere: "Nobody is present —
none of the ship's company, I mean,
who might shed lateral light, if any
is to be had, upon what remains
mysterious in this matter."
"That is thoughtfully put"
said Captain Vere; " and " I see your drift.
Ay, there is a mystery; but, to use a
Scriptural phrase, it is "a mystery of
It served to augment a mental
disturbance previously evident enough.
The soldier once more spoke; in a
tone of suggestive dubiety addressing
at once Captain Vere and his associates
and Captain Vere: "Nobody is present —
none of the ship's company, I mean,
who might shed lateral light, if any
is to be had, upon what remains
mysterious in this matter."
"That is thoughtfully put"
said Captain Vere; " and " I see your drift.
Ay, there is a mystery; but, to use a
Scriptural phrase, it is "a mystery of
Transcribed by: John Bryant