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- without unusual precautions--at least no visible ones.
If possible, not to let the men so much as surmise that their officers
anticipate aught amiss from them, is the tacit rule in a military ship.
And the more that some sort of trouble should really be apprehended, the
more do the officers keep that apprehension to themselves; though not
the less unostentatious vigilance may be augmented.
In the present instance the sentry placed over the prisoner had strict
orders to let no one have communication with him but the chaplain. And
certain unobtrusive measures were taken absolutely to ensure this point.
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