What "Fatal Wish" did the young Phillip Nolan make at his trial?
Question 4
4.
What sentence was handed down and carried out by the military court?
Question 5
5.
During his first sea voyage, Nolan at one point was reading aloud from a long
poem by Sir Walter Scott. Why do you think he choked on his words and threw the
book into the sea? What does this reveal about his "sentence"?
Question 6
6.
On his second voyage, he encountered a lady he had known in Philadelphia. What
did he do that made her cut short their conversation and walk off?