Alan Moss wrote concerning Billy Budd:
>... Red Whiskers, Dansker, and the rest -- these are the real victims
>of the savage regime: ordinary folk who are pressed into service most
>unwillingly and unfairly, while Billy joins HMS Indomitable eagerly and
>happily.
Billy was one of three impressed men, like Red Whiskers; however, he didn't
seem to mind it.
Walter Meyer