and civilly, all but cheerfully, welcomed
him. But it was to little purpose
that in the interview following the
good Chaplain man sought to bring Billy
Budd to some godly understanding
that he must die, and at dawn.
True, Billy himself freely named
referred to his death as a thing close
near at hand; but it was something
in the way that children will refer
to death in general, who yet among
their other sports will with much
gravity play a funeral , . with hearse and
mourners.
him. But it was to little purpose
that in the interview following the
good Chaplain man sought to bring Billy
Budd to some godly understanding
that he must die, and at dawn.
True, Billy himself freely named
referred to his death as a thing close
near at hand; but it was something
in the way that children will refer
to death in general, who yet among
their other sports will with much
gravity play a funeral , . with hearse and
mourners.
and civilly, all but cheerfully, welcomed
him. But it was to little purpose
that in the interview following the
good Chaplain man sought to bring Billy
Budd to some godly understanding
that he must die, and at dawn.
True, Billy himself freely named
referred to his death as a thing close
near at hand; but it was something
in the way that children will refer
to death in general, who yet among
their other sports will with much
gravity play a funeral , . with hearse and
mourners.
him. But it was to little purpose
that in the interview following the
good Chaplain man sought to bring Billy
Budd to some godly understanding
that he must die, and at dawn.
True, Billy himself freely named
referred to his death as a thing close
near at hand; but it was something
in the way that children will refer
to death in general, who yet among
their other sports will with much
gravity play a funeral , . with hearse and
mourners.
Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge