One night a mysterious figure asks for  his cooperation, leading to Claggart's charge that he is leading a mutiny.
This novella begins as the title character is impressed into service on the ship  Bellipotent. While he attempts to be a model sailor, the Dansker confirms that the  master-at-arms bears a grudge against him. One night a mysterious figure asks for  his cooperation, leading to Claggart's charge that he is leading a mutiny. The title  character responds by punching Claggart, accidentally killing him. He is then  sentenced to be hanged. FTP name this Herman Melville novella whose title  character's last words are "God bless Captain Vere."
This novella begins as the title character is impressed into service on the ship  Bellipotent.
Billy Budd, Sailor or Billy Budd, Foretopman