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Quote #4
"Now, master," he said, readjusting the flag, and pressing the head gently further back into the crotch of the chair, "now, master," and the steel glanced nigh the throat (75.222)
There's cleverness on lots of different levels here. Babo deftly manipulates Benito Cereno to do his bidding, while Melville crafts an intense scene that's all about the little details.
Quote #5
As he said the words, his face was turned half round, so as to be alike visible to the Spaniard and the American […] (76.229)
Not only does Babo have to be clever, he has to meet different cultural expectations. And he has to keep an eye on everything at once. Why, then, does he let Cereno slip through his fingers?