Billy Budd, Chapter 9 — streszczenie

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1. During dinner, a sudden roll sends Billy’s soup across the clean deck and into Claggart’s path.
2. Claggart notices Billy, checks an angry response, and taps him with his rattan while making an ambiguous joke.
3. The messmates laugh dutifully, and Billy cheerfully treats the remark as evidence that Claggart bears him no ill will.
4. Donald questions Billy’s claim, reminding Billy that only the Dansker suggests Claggart’s hostility.
5. A drummer boy bumps into Claggart, who strikes him sharply and shouts a warning.

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Billy treats the encounter as proof against the Dansker’s warning. His confidence contrasts with Claggart’s unnoticed grimace and his violence toward the boy.

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