Quote#Politics & Power
Convictism having been safely got under hatches, and put to bed in…
Quote byMarcus Clarke · 1846–1881
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: For the Term of His Natural Life, Bk. 1, Ch. 2.
English (original)
Convictism having been safely got under hatches, and put to bed in its Government allowance of sixteen inches of space per man, cut a little short by exigencies of shipboard, the cuddy was wont to pass some not unpleasant evenings.
— Marcus Clarke
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