Now as elsewhere
Now Captain Vere's words
to the Surgeon to the effect that the The
unhappy event in the cabin which has been narrated could not
have happened at a worse juncture,
was but too true. For it was close on the
heel of the suppressed insurrections of
the fleet , an after-time so very critical
to naval authority , demanding from
every English sea-commander two
qualities not readily interfusable––
prudence and rigor. And Moreover there was
something crucial in the case yet more trying . In the
Now as elsewhere
Now Captain Vere's words
to the Surgeon to the effect that the The
unhappy event in the cabin which has been narrated could not
have happened at a worse juncture,
was but too true. For it was close on the
heel of the suppressed insurrections of
the fleet , an after-time so very critical
to naval authority , demanding from
every English sea-commander two
qualities not readily interfusable––
prudence and rigor. And Moreover there was
something crucial in the case yet more trying . In the
Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge