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the frigate harvester nine days outward bound from speed had turned easily into
the gentle offshore breeze and drop anchor
the echoes of a gun salute with breaking and rumbling around the powering wall of
gibraltar is unchanging rock
our young captain that is alright
rest a moment longer on the busy activity below the quarterback as these
men threw themselves into the work of swaying on boats urged on by shopping
mom's and more than one qaf from an inpatient petty officer
probably dole was a tense moment and the captain knew that he was not the only
one of board who was aware of the big ships on the line nine could nearby
the largest to wage war vice animals flag before
and no doubt the with several telescopes already trained on the small command
ready to reprimand or criticize
with a final glance he strode oft across to the starboard side what a poor
solitary figure leaned against the hammock netting is
july signal for about a sir ord one online this efficient
captain richard melisa pulled himself from the sports and turned to face the
other man
thank you captain each other take yours and save time
imagine the sword to relief in the man's eyes
and realize that he could not have been easy facil young engineer a captain who
would not yet attained the coveted post rank to carry him from england as a
passenger
relaxed slightly and i did
you have a fine ship we made a quick passage
issue that in spite of the early morning some like and sold each watching him win
new interest
but what could he understandable at those feelings
while the frigate had beaten down the english channel and round breast where
once more the british squadron zeroed out or whether it's to watch over
blockaded french fleet
a lot of sports and we'd far beyond the plunging both sprit to this moment only
dom across the bay witherspoon street wins and savage current and still for
the south until it comes to political loomed like a blue mist far a bean
he had plenty of time to think of what lay ahead of these new command
on all that she might come to mean to win
in a solitary walks on the frigate spray dashed quarter deck he'd been conscious
of his role as a mere passenger
and more than once in a two-track himself from interfering in the running
of the ship
now beneath the rocks great shadow he must push some sports out of his mind
he was no longer forget captain with all the independence and dash that post
entitled
within minutes he would take command of a ship of the line
one of those which swung so calmly and so confidently above that reflections
just to tables