Lydia Sinks the Natividad

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Hold all hands back the quarters.I'm stand by this table battery one broadside.
In't worry if you please Captain Bushpaints on pocket this not ready I
already possessing Michael Redgrave as Forester's indominantman of the sea, Oracio Hornblower many

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years of course, that terrible daywhen the probability of death and his feet
stared me in the face. ButI can close my eyes even now and
feel again that exhaustion and faintness thatI dared not let any man see.
There's a nightmare pause in a nightmarebattle. Two partially disabled ships drifting rapidly

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apart, and each with no purposethan to patch its wounds and return to
destroy the other. I can seethem a tibbet at again. Now the
sport's clear it, How does shebear about two points of the stop at
beza Ah there so too looks abit lopsided without her foremast, it seems
have made no attempt as yet towake a new one. Well, as

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soon as we can carry it andsail after as we can beat the window,
we'll have it. At our mercy. We must try and do it
before nightfall. Mister Bullshon and orwe may lose her all together in the
dark. And now what's this?It's the funeral party said, Oh,
they're already born out there. Uhhow many boardings. Very well, mister

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Bush. Have all hands, stopwork, but remain where they are.
I intend no disrespect for the dead, but the sentimentymously swift or the living
may be endangered, I should yes, We therefore commit their bodies to the

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deep. I think we checked theleaks nouser to say, this is bothered

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under the bottom and seems to beholding. I've been able to release all
but twenty men from the pot themeverything read enough of wasting the mask already
right now, mister Bush's it's importantthat nobody an haul or carry out any
movement except my orders. I stilltry to use the pitching of the ship
to help him the raising of themask. And if any man acts without

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my orders, I'll have him plugged, iSER hand slimonless and to tell out
of ten of those things to gotread into the never do it. The
ropes will slip off the mark itjips away from. That's comfortable, sweep
and dick loras you trust the oldman. He knows what he's doing.

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Off he does easy, yeah,see that. Never the old man,
he's as the bows wing up.Show he up to the mark that he

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did wing the bows. Oh nicestart, daddy, But I'll make no
mistakes. Oh wow, might havemistakes. I've never seen him, Mike
wind Oooh doesn't he looked tim theirwar. Indeed, by the time the

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long and dangerous struggled with the mastersover and it stood vertical at last while
the men fished it firmly to thestump of the old Miszen, I was
sick with I've been on my quartadecktor over eight hours, was neither rest
nor food through the stressened labor ofthe battle, and I was beginning to

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find it difficult to concentrate upon anything. The bush it's complice. Before I
could force myself to listen, Isaid, sir, that is a magis
a piece of work. If you'llallow me to say out, shall I
set up the topmast and yards announcer. I fear it will be useless to
attempt to carry any canvas in thiswind and seems to bush and then the

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tibidad is barely inside now, justa smout on the horizon. Sir,
there's not much Josh renewing the actiontill the wind takes off of it.
I cannot imagine the Admiralty accepting thatstatement and a report, But it's true
enough, sir, where badly knockedabout. Wonder whether it's too rough to
carry on the fight. Nevertheless,the report of being received with pitying smiles

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mister Bushes, and the excuses toold like the uncharted rock which always causes
a wreck. The Admiralty is tenthousand miles away, and they can't judge
the strength of his storm from there. It. Even though I should be
accused of cowardice, there's nothing Ican do until the whether or do it?
No, sure there's not. Thenthat case, why not take a

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rest? You look mortally tired,sir. Indeed you do, let me
said, and have a burst screenedoff you in the wardrobe little six,
mister Bush, and you who needa rest and dismissed the starboard, watch
and go below and turn in.The enemy is inside. I shall stay
on there. But sure I thinkI gave you an order, mister Bush.
Ay, ay, say, goodfellow Bush, But a fool,

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a sentimental fool. It beat melike an old woman if I'd let him
hmm, I said, well,now, lady Barbara's getting on that oh
as that idiot of a steward,and I can't anybody gave me alone.
Well, Paul, will, whatdo you want? Will I mean to
attend? The lady said, Iscreamed up for a bit of you all
up for us, that you're allup? But the wounded her in there

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that mostly quiet? Now, sir, well, I couldn't leave him at
table tear huh, I stand amatefor her. She nicked him to him
like a bird, sir, tosee took a bit of grub two in
her class of wine. She dida very good Well, now it's then's
the reasons that a fringe it ina sea like this and a better like

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what we bought me there is?Well, it's spit rough on an eyeborn.
Leader's confine ourselves to fax and keeptheir opinions their self. While wheel
the high born lady joined the shipof her own free will, knowing that
she was about to go into action. And I said, now about use,
here's some dry close in the chestnutstoreroom. I'm figure the last broadside
dumb preventing your kevin. I don'twant any dry close of course you don't.

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I wouldn't suggest it, except andwell if it takes coal, sir,
you won't be fit women catch itup with them the pivot dead?
Will it change our here, sir? Or come below? Look if I
just slashed this year, I ama chair to the rail, sir.
You could sit there when you've changedand had this to guit me rum,
couldn't you, sir? And thisyear boat cloak or keep some of the

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spray off. Kill me, butyou won't have to leave the death oil.
You presuming to give me orders?Order sir, me hope so knows
my place, sir. It's allright, mister Bush, Sir, you
can turn him now. Captains inhis chair and sleeping Michael Daddy, sir,

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good heavens, I must have dozedoff. What time is it?
There? Won days impossible as aftermidnight, as black as the earl of
Hell's writing books. Hmm, fearsto me, as though the weather's improving.
Let's have a look at the binnacle. Ah, mister Bush, wind
shifted southerly and moderated her, whichis a bit of starlight even curs you're

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thinking that Gibby Dad might be twentymiles away only two hundred yards, so
that she's close. She was goingaway to lewd rapidly when we loo,
I had to carry it out allthe beast you need in this weather.
What do you think she'll do there? M that fellow crestel commands there is
no fool. I believe he'll tryto avoid us until he can get into

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the gulf with fun seeker and readit. He'd like us to follow him
into the gulf, so he'd havethe advantage of the shore betters as well.
But he can't make much sight inhis pripple condition, sir. But
if he could, the wind iswrong for getting to the gulf. I
had observed that fact, mister Bush. I believe he'll reach far out to
sea and cross out with as faras he can. I shall return to
my chair until daylight and attempt towork out what it's likely to be his

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position at daw Aye, I said, morey, sir, she's going darn
faster than the winds taken off.Some will be up in ten minutes.
Yes, her next tale, ifyou pleas, mister Bush, here is
the course you were to sail.But as I gave the course, I
knew that he was share guesswork.Every yard I sailed might be away from

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mentally the dead one. She howhe had saved it. My heart was
heavy with misgiving, for I knewthat if I had failed, there would
be many would attribute that failure toincompetence or cowardices. As the sun lifted

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over the horizon, I faced thequarter deck with every appearance of unconcern,
determined not to allow anyone to guessof the doubts and fear which tormented me.
When the light should be sufficient forthe mast head lookout to scam the
horizon, I might be justified orruined. And even my resolution to remain
calm must have waved when my gloomythoughts would pierced by a wild cry from

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alarmed. No, we've found her, sir, We found her. You
are right against her. Look,sir, you can see her from here
with a glass did a hey,ah, she's coming round her, she's
running away. As Cresper wishes topostpone action, he prefers discretion to heroics,
and quite rightly, mister Bush,however, set every stitch we can

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carry, send the hands to breakfast. If we engage, there's no telling
when they eat again. If ever, Hi eyes her hands done bread force
way, sir, she'll not aget away this time. We've blow her
right out of the water. Neverunderestimated a perner, mister Bush. Those
twenty four pounds hers are heavy metal. We have a sip which is leaking
like a sieve as a makeshift rig, and the sixty four men short,

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and our firing force is far inferiorof her hearth. You think the wind's
going to hold her seems to meas if the sun swallow it, wos
get it mighty hot. If wejust our luck to lose the wind.
Now I can't trim it anymore.Hi, you're at the wheel. Oh
here, small last year, Ican't bringing your pardon? Ringing up wings,

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jelly, he's right away, he'sgone. Sair hover that sky it's
like brass. And then that gatecalm and well out of range. We
will tow with the boat. Ihave the launch and cut a hoisted out.
Oh today, gotters, crawl largest, crawl all then. Man,

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You've got a hard task, butit must be done. You've got to
pull, pull, tell your muscles, cracking your hands burst. I'll get
your clothes off and pull naked I'llhave you relieved in an hour. Now
pull ahead, de way. Ohlook at that, mister Jarard. That

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papa spoke from the tivitad. Yes, she carried two long ageans off.
We're gonna run the gort thro therose for the next hour. That was
nearer that pretty yards of our startat quarter. Mister Jerard asked mister mass
to see what he can do witha long nine on our folks. I
know it's not my fuse that they'llfear, the men to feel that we're

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replying. He's ready and wedding.Bety god, mister Mars, show them
some shody step. I can't ggive me a dagger. Two came away,
then be good, try again.Here comes some more for us.

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That one got us just above thewaterline. Followed you. Oh, well
down, mister Mark right alongside her. Hello, what do you have two?
About? Pretty hard hours round?Yes, mister bushwayh will now have

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twenty five guns trained on us insteadof tools. She's positioning from the broadside.
We will have some peoples about ourears a long lads, let's sell
him that Englishman don't care. They'reabout shooting not more than two hits.

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Mister Garbay at the main gun instage nice directly, mister Bulson, what
distance? What you would you willsay? She is now? Or three
parts of a mile? I shouldsay her? So? I think I
fear our caronaides will not be effectiveat that distance. Relieve the boat,
scruc and see if freshman can pullus near that. It was intolerably hot.

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The smell of pitch from the deckseems a bitter tang of powdered and
the smell of the blood from thewounded combined with my fatigue and anxiety to
make me feel deathly sick. Ifeared to disgrace myself by being sick in
front of the men. They toono longer joked at the guns. They
were beginning to soak on the punishment. It was a bad sign. Sullivan,

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sera, Sullivan, you're your fiddle. I say I have that.
When we'll have a hornpipe, denskin who mack of ay hornpipe? For
me to be one a guinea forthe man who does his best on five
words. Mister Jerd, this willbe a tale told and retold in years

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to come. How Captain Hornbrower hada shipped toad into action with hornpipespeak darts
and her made dick o the lord'ssuns. I shot smashed at the pieces.

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I picked their survivors up quickly,and to see us full of sharks
start on the hell how diner fourhundred yards and mister Gerard wised to begin
to swing round. You may openpower first, as your guns were ank
you. I can't go lut sairyou can you have another lads, I've

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been under them, sir the captainHargough. So mister Hole set me as
well, start a side chain puns. Not talk to pieces, my boy,
well, he's thinking another one,so that it would be an hour
before it worked. He told meto take of the waters, gaining a
little song very well, please.There was fourteen mental not to smash at

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the hump, horrible suff Let's seeone man to it till little boy.
I'm back to mister Howl and tellthem captain a short. He will do
his best pass. It's too muchsmoke to see company, but it's my
belief we've hit her harder and foundthis smoke. It's like being in a
park a crystal. What is it? I think I can give her very
like her playing. Yes, Ibelieve there is a look that look a

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smoke blowing away shirt. O.Just look at the thegibicate she's a wreck,
and then the honest and MOUs standing, rigging all rounder like a gate
another that great hole in her side, there's three gun boughts that in the
world. There she's low in thewater, but she's still fighting. By
Heaven, were the hother should thecloser? We are the quicker with finishing

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and stand by the orders. Ah, but garna blow with great shuts.
Look, and I'm trust they goingto tie for us now, sill like
a pella. I haven't cleaned mysous and musketfuls smacking with sea fish.

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There's no fooler. She's firing thecurt fire. Why will this surrender?
Ever? I speak on the stiching. You must slender. You've got all
the brave men can do. Can'tby you fool? You get some fire?

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Surrenderm O. The can fans madmister Bushman would call off, or
we should kept fire two bands ofblazers there by, m sir, look
at those plays. He's fine ofhimself, I think not, mister Bushart
was our guns at point blank green? You'll burn my boy sinking. This

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joy's gone by, and she'd neverbeen it. Will join me in a
salute to a very gallant anime,mister Bush. A ratio hornblower starring Michael

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Redgrave is based on the novels byC. S. Foresters. Music composed
and conducted by Sydney Torch, producedby Harry Allen Towers.