280 291 this and the closeted interview just
given less than an hour and a half
had elapsed. It was an interval
long enough however to awaken
speculations among no few of the
55ship's company as to what it was
that could be detaining ^ in the cabin the Master-
at-arms and the sailor; for a rumor
that both ^ were there of them had been seen to enter it ^ and and neither of them had been
seen ^ to emerged emerge therefrom thence , this rumor
had got abroad
upon the gun- decks and in the tops;
the ^ populous people crew of [x] a seven line-of-battle
^ of a great war ship of the old order being in one
respect like villagers ; , they take taking
^ microscopic note of every chance outward movement
^ or non-movement going on. When therefore in weather
280 291 this and the closeted interview just
given less than an hour and a half
had elapsed. It was an interval
long enough however to awaken
speculations among no few of the
55ship's company as to what it was
that could be detaining ^ in the cabin the Master-
at-arms and the sailor; for a rumor
that both ^ were there of them had been seen to enter it ^ and and neither of them had been
seen ^ to emerged emerge therefrom thence , this rumor
had got abroad
upon the gun- decks and in the tops;
the ^ populous people crew of [x] a seven line-of-battle
^ of a great war ship of the old order being in one
respect like villagers ; , they take taking
^ microscopic note of every chance outward movement
^ or non-movement going on. When therefore in weather

Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge