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
ship'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 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
ship'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 this and the closeted interview just
Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge