Hodges strained to remember the thing that hovered in the back of his mind; the thought that made him uneasy.
The Chaplain was speaking. He was saying how sad it was that Duval was dead.
Hodges watched the Chaplain. He seemed to expand, to become larger. His voice was deeper and the words came in ordered cadences.
He began to speak:
“Unto Thy Mercy, most Merciful Father, we commend the soul of our brother departed, and we commit his body to the deep; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ.
“I heard a voice from Heaven saying....”
Hodges looked at Bervick. His face was tired. A wave hit over the ship; there was a splashing sound.
The Chaplain began to speak Latin and Hodges looked at Bervick again.