1. Billy Budd (Full)
  2. Chapter 24
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294 304 [ Ed. Note: 5 revised lines canceled first in pencil then in blue crayon are non-continuous with previous leaf .]
by most—of all that, crowded within so
short a term, he had just gone through,
abrupt experiences and emotions, some
of them so conflicting ^ poignant, and intense,
the tension relaxed, and more. Without
movement, ^ the young [mariner?] lay prone he ^ lay as in ^ a trance. That
67 adolescent expression previously noted
as his, took taking on now something akin
to the look of a slumbering child [Ed. Note: transposition to "child slumbering" canceled]
seen in the cradle when the warm
hearth-light hearth-glow of the
still chamber at night plays on the
dimples that at whiles mysteriously
form in the cheek, silently coming
and going there. For now and then
in his ^ the gyved one's trance a serene happy light
born of some wandering reminiscence
294 304 [ Ed. Note: 5 revised lines canceled first in pencil then in blue crayon are non-continuous with previous leaf .]
by most—of all that, crowded within so
short a term, he had just gone through,
abrupt experiences and emotions, some
of them so conflicting ^ poignant, and intense,
the tension relaxed, and more. Without
movement, ^ the young [mariner?] lay prone he ^ lay as in ^ a trance. That
67 adolescent expression previously noted
as his, took taking on now something akin
to the look of a slumbering child [Ed. Note: transposition to "child slumbering" canceled]
seen in the cradle when the warm
hearth-light hearth-glow of the
still chamber at night plays on the
dimples that at whiles mysteriously
form in the cheek, silently coming
and going there. For now and then
in his ^ the gyved one's trance a serene happy light
born of some wandering reminiscence

Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge