pretty much everything as to Billy;
and since he felt that innocence was
even a better thing than religion itself
wherewith to go to Judgement, he
reluctantly withdrew; but in his emotion
not without first performing an act strange
enough in an Englishman, and under
the circumstances yet more so in any
regular priest. Stooping over, he kissed
on the fair cheek his fellow-man, a felon
in martial law, one who though on
the confines of death he felt he could never
convert . to a dogma; nor did he fear for all that did he fear for his future
Marvel not that having
been made acquainted with the
young sailor's essential innocense
pretty much everything as to Billy;
and since he felt that innocence was
even a better thing than religion itself
wherewith to go to Judgement, he
reluctantly withdrew; but in his emotion
not without first performing an act strange
enough in an Englishman, and under
the circumstances yet more so in any
regular priest. Stooping over, he kissed
on the fair cheek his fellow-man, a felon
in martial law, one who though on
the confines of death he felt he could never
convert . to a dogma; nor did he fear for all that did he fear for his future
Marvel not that having
been made acquainted with the
young sailor's essential innocense
Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge