313 323 with my present knowledge ^ assume pretend
to account for it ^ at all. Even should
we assume the hypothesis that at
the first touch of the halyards the
action of Budd's heart intensified
by extraordinary emotion at its climax,
abruptly stopt — much like a watch
when in carelessly winding it up
86 2 you strain at the finish, thus
snapping the chain — even under
that hypothesis how account for
the phenomenon that followed."
"You admit then that the
absence of spasmodic movement was
phenominal."
It was phenominal, Mr. Purser,
in the sense that it was an appearance
313 323 with my present knowledge ^ assume pretend
to account for it ^ at all. Even should
we assume the hypothesis that at
the first touch of the halyards the
action of Budd's heart intensified
by extraordinary emotion at its climax,
abruptly stopt — much like a watch
when in carelessly winding it up
86 2 you strain at the finish, thus
snapping the chain — even under
that hypothesis how account for
the phenomenon that followed."
"You admit then that the
absence of spasmodic movement was
phenominal."
It was phenominal, Mr. Purser,
in the sense that it was an appearance

Transcribed by: Wyn Kelley