of topmen leaned over the rail of that
sea-balcony, no small one in a seventy-four,
looking down in on the crowd below. Man
or boy none spoke spake but in whisper, and
few spoke spake at all. Captain Vere––
as before, the central figure among
the assembled commissioned officers––
stood nigh the break of the poop-deck
facing forward. The marines
Just Below him on the quarter-deck
the marines in full equipment were
drawn up much as at the scene
of the promulgated sentence.
of topmen leaned over the rail of that
sea-balcony, no small one in a seventy-four,
looking down in on the crowd below. Man
or boy none spoke spake but in whisper, and
few spoke spake at all. Captain Vere––
as before, the central figure among
the assembled commissioned officers––
stood nigh the break of the poop-deck
facing forward. The marines
Just Below him on the quarter-deck
the marines in full equipment were
drawn up much as at the scene
of the promulgated sentence.
Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge