Take your time.
Early in this work, the title character is described as a "nautical Murat" and as "welkin-eyed," while the Master refers to him as a "peacemaker" and tells of an altercation between him and the Red Whiskers on the Rights-of- Man. The title character, a Bristol foundling, is informed by Dansker that "Jemmy Legs is down on" him, and although at the "Last Assizes" his plea would "largely extennuate," under the Mutiny Act he is convicted. The words "There is no hurry, my boy. Take your time." spur the title character to an act of violence against the master-at-arms, whom he kills for accusing him of treason, after which he is hanged by Captain Vere of the HMS Indomitable. For ten points, identify this novella about a foretopman who kills Claggart, written by Herman Melville.
Early in this work, the title character is described as a "nautical Murat" and as "welkin-eyed," while the Master refers to him as a "peacemaker" and tells of an altercation between him and the Red Whiskers on the Rights-of- Man.
{Billy Budd}, Foretopman