August 24, 2025 • 22 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Cold, all hands big to quarters. I'm out, can't die
this table better.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
One broadside into it to please Captain Bush.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Point us on target, then stop ready, eyes already.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Is that thing Michael Redgrave se as Forester's indomitable man
of the sea, A ratio hornblower.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
And there's many difficult problems in my seafaring career developed
now I can remember none graver that met which faced
me as I prepared to sail in my figate in
search of them at Tividad. I had captured her before
in harbor by night, and by surprise, now I must
meet her on the open sea, where her enormous superiority
(02:16):
in firing force must give her the advantage.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
That was better enough.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Now I had the additional responsibility of a high born
and influential passenger, Lady Barbara Willesley. When I returned to
the ship after calling on the Vicetroy at Panama, I
summoned Bush, my first lieutenant, to my cabin bosh Wise,
Lady Barbara, she don't recorded icture. I had the carpet
and knock of a havoc chair, for I had a
(02:43):
bit of awning reach. I to give us some shakes.
The Lydia is a frigate, but to go into action,
not an Indiaman.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
With nothing to do but pampa passengers.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
No Sha, Lady Wellsley takes advantage of her position and
forces me to carry her to England.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I cannot refuse. But this is no reason why my
ship should be turned into a botoir doser.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
I can find you bushconsciously anything, but no, sir, Yes, sir,
figure me, sir, but you know have been highly dangerous
for her ladyship to stay ashore with yellow fevers spreading
as it is, so she seeks safety by coming aboard
a ship which is about to fight an enemy twice
its size. Give mister Bush, no good will come of this.
If we win the battle, we shall be sentient for
(03:25):
exposing our ladyship to danger. If we lose it, we
can it imagine you losing any battle, sir, not if
it was a whole Spanish fleet instead of just one ship.
So when I want your opinion, mister Bush, good or otherwise,
I will ask for it. How am I going to
place my court neck with a woman sitting there?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
And I just thought it?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
My shower path under the pump on deck? Look have
a screen rigged. See that the crew have warned about
dress too. In this heat, most of them work half naked.
Eye eyes, sir. She was still on the quarter deck
(04:03):
when I went to attend to the business of getting
the ship underway.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
It was infuriating.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Hey, hey, he.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Cable's poly, sir.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
The ancles foule, sir.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
My mind had to juggle with many factors at once,
the drag of the cable on the barrows, the pressure
of the wind on the driver on topsail, the set
of the tide, the increasing sternway, the amount of.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Cable still to run out When I sailed forward, I
must do so dead in.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Line with the anchor, with no slack in the cable,
or we might well bring the masts and rigging about.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Our ears.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
Hard the stop it.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Smartly with the races. Now she's checked, mister Bush. She's
moving forward, mister Bush. Now hands aloft said it. We
sail a little drawer.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Oh tell her wait, take in the table, make your sir.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
She's making yes, but we mustn't sail up to our
anchor with too much speed on her. When I give
the ordermists, pushmis and see how well you've drilled her.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Crew Those sails.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Must come off.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Are like light.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Negros were not to be taken aback.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
They will share. I swear that the crew stand by.
Now take a little sail.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Horses talking, and girls you.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Like out of work, Oh bore your gaston.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
There came away quick.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Well we blashy, cry, cry, yet make fly.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
The moments had come. With sail off the Lydia was
drifting up to her anchor. I was the moment when
either he would raise it word the manouver would end
in disaster.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Every man aboard said.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
For the wild. They rushing capst and hands held his.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Bread bakers free, said all say, mister bush hi a
ser hi hexa.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
You've showed no Spanish the fine spirit of seamanship. They
never seen a lie. I'm may attend to your duties
of the pursy.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Say.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
It was not until we were standing out of the
gulf close hold that I.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Was free to communicate the Lady Barbara the news I
had heard from the Viceroy. In any case, good manners
necessitated that they should address her.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I couldn't ignore her pleasance.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
However much I might present it.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Sat in my hammock chair by the tamfrail. As certain
he be is a negress.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
At her seat, she was an animated conversation with Gerrard,
the officer of the watch, and I noted with amusement
that Gerrard broke off the conversation and moved away.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
As I approached. She acknowledged my ho was a smile.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Oh, it's heavenly to be at sea again, Captain, and
may I congratulate you on your amazing seamanship in raising
your anchor.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Mu.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
Also, you've given me no opportunity to tell you how
grateful I am to you for taking me away from Panama.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
I was treated well enough, but well.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
I was in charge of her excellency, an admirable woman,
but also dulls. In Spanish America women are treated like
Mohammedans and Spanish American prood.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Oh. On the latter point, heartedly, your leadership, will you
not sit down, captain? Sit down on my own quarter deck.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Thank you, your ladyship. But I've never done such a
thing in my life. If you'll forgive me, I prefer
to stand. I I came to give you good news.
Your brother, Sir Arthur, has one of great victory over
the French in Portugal, a great victory.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Well that is very good news.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
I've always been proud of Arthur.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
And this makes me proud of still.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I am happy to be the first to congratulate your sister.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
Oh, captain, just look at that setting. What almost extends
to hear the history.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
That sinks into the sea.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Yes, I am never never to miss the sunset in
these waters.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Your leadership, it's sir, it's a daily miracle. Beautiful exquisit.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I hope your ladyship was well provided for during my
absence ashore. If there's anything further that lies within my power.
Speaker 6 (08:18):
Well, there's just one thing, Captain, that I should like
to ask as a favor.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
What is that?
Speaker 6 (08:22):
That is that you do not call me your ladyship,
call me Lady Barbara.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
If you will certainly er er Lady Barbara mm hm.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
And if Lady Barbara doesn't come easy to you and
you wish to attract my attention, you can always say m.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Hm.
Speaker 6 (08:40):
Oh, Captain, I'm so sorry. Please accept my apologies. I
realize now that the markia was quite unforgivable.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
There is nothing to forgive, ma'am, And now if you
will forgive me in your turn, I must attend.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
To my duty. One woman please, Captain.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
I I knew that you was much on your mind.
I know that before you sail for home you must
fight the Natividad. Will you tell me what are your
prospects in that battle?
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Well?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
The Natividad man is a two decker with fifty guns
against my thirty six. She is commanded by Vice Admiral t. Crespo,
a ruthless and bloodthirsty man who will never surrender whatever
is faults. He's no coward, but against his force, I
have perhaps a little experience. Capable and loyal officers are there,
very well trained.
Speaker 6 (09:27):
Crew, and they are English. That counts for much. You
may be frank with the captain.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
What will happen if we should be used?
Speaker 3 (09:35):
If I or my crew are taken alive, we shall
be hanged or tortured. El Supremo will show no mercy
to us for having turned against him. And you, uh,
it shall be my last care to see that you
do not fall into the hands of du Crespo alive.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
Thank you, captain, But you're not to worry about me,
nor to allow my presence to influence you should it
come to the worst. I too, am English and the wealthy.
I know how to die.
Speaker 5 (10:27):
Sorry, good shorry you shapen stone shot.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Uh weathers thikinglish Bush. I'm just going to send down
to you, sir, permission to shorten sail. Yes, get the
courses into gallantcelf of mister Bush, I isa and go
short shi you want to be below.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I'm afraid we're gonna have a step down.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Oh no, captain, this is too delicious after the heated
it's your health smail about which I'm anxious.
Speaker 6 (10:56):
It's thought it was harmful. Say this would die young?
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Really sell house right ahead, don't finding the TV danser.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
I see her on the storm and taxa save it us.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
She is the dennerndza. I can see the canda damsel
poor y al eyesa.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
She's seen that, sir. He's wearing out on pot take
any up the window of a star.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Oh is she unusual for the Spanish ship that there
is about and challenge? Of course she's not a Spanish ship.
Now you shan't get the weather gateship me. Whatever happens,
elmvs is that yore he puts me?
Speaker 5 (11:42):
Who holds alive?
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Mister Moss speak bought us if it waz and clear.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Her action.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
He places meloda if I'll take your mate with you
and stay on the corpit until the action is over. No, no, not,
the cockpit will leave there for the morning. And those
are the camels. I have no time to take us them,
mister and lady said to the cable tears. See if
he is safe before you leave us. Those are my orders,
mister Gray. Mister Bush's incessant drilling of the crew showed
(12:17):
its value. Now every man knew his job and did
it swiftly and well. The exercised with water and strewn
with sand. The bowheads were knocked away. The fire parties
took their places at the pumps. The boys ran with
cartridges for the guns. Down below, the acting surgeon was
taking the midship from's chests together in the cockpit to
make an operating table. The doctor better say, cat won't
(12:44):
be able to open their lower gun ports, so i'll.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Trouble you have two weeks taken in those tops.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Why hi, sir, s.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
T reas to the topside.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Excuse me, sir, with all this brave breaking the board.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
You do you rely on the flint triggers for the
guns or showing other slow matches lit in the dubs.
Don't like the matches in place, will steer small plasty.
I'll sit to approaching each other at an angel scier.
So the when we meet us sit here for the.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Window of the other.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Do you understand, ay, sir, look share, there's a puff
of smoke, she's open fire, has a forward a waist padder,
and start at such range. Never forget, mister Bush the
first broadside discharged and orders when guns carefully loaded like
cruise with time to think, is worth ten under.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
And the other circuses.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Yes, shir, we've been passing mighty closer, but we both
stay on this course. In fact we will meet out
about don't telling who had the weather gage that was closer.
Here comes another that cutts two men down at number four.
(13:57):
Gun shirt Christus, we're going to say that close hand
by this trader while as he comes fare will wall held.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Now all the ways he comes out pa with action.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
The last my nervousness and fear of some fatal error
was gone. I stared across the tossing sea of the Natilida.
I could see the cresco up on the poop. Fellow
actually had the insolenced away bare lay at me. It
had the advantage from our maneuver two broad sides and
thord at close rings with only one.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Shot in reply.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Now we had to pay for it. I saw the
ludder of our opponent kick over, and the next moment
the two decker had swung around and was hurtling down
upon us. Half God take all lads with one broad
side from her too well.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
Dear Ben, I lost my gas fire you.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Will the crespos, evidently unable to trust his crew to
fire an independently. There was working into the word of command.
He's doing it well too. At intervals as the sea permitted,
her lower deck ports were opening like clockwork, and have
big twenty four pounds were vomiting, play and smoke. What yes,
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mister Bush after dead carried away from the gardens, then
at work shop, the the man have it relye on
the deck and dragon it's death to stand in that
iron hail, and mister Bush Sr. And the native it
had superior forces too great for us to continue this
close workers after you was.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Sing if we're to survive, it's a pity, sure, but
I'm afraid you're right.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Answers.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Now, mister Bush back the main tops of a trifle
to take away office and literally Jimmy got ahead, Hi
aija ah tax ship for run across the stern approach
ius to turn.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
I know now attack again my little place.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Your guns was great, glorious, damp my height glaorious, too
broad his eyes.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
He was turned.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
She's too big of chunted to take her out like us, sir, Yes,
say the satisfaction for the end.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
She's coming back of us.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
I hope she is, saying A gun thoughts her open
as well. This time I'm going to take some real punishment.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Doubt. There's Dick Chris Bow really like an ape.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
I hope he was kill saying our broadsides here she comes,
what about to receive?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Coming down? Counting old, you're right, jel rig puss cunning
away from me? Have you feel it? Jimmy a hand?
Here's how are you.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Dy? Gets you blow shot?
Speaker 1 (17:12):
You're covered with how many work plaster?
Speaker 2 (17:14):
It's not my blood?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Clearless mess? Are we lost? The mission has carried away
the main to a gallon masked with it.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
I to go away? Can I sit here?
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I got gragg it away?
Speaker 5 (17:27):
You go here?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
It comes all the broadside here can work? I run
my sword and the ladle moves away. You brought tide
thundered into us, and I felt the lidiar leap and
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twist like something human.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
As the great shots plunged into her.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Ritle Man wielding his axe nearly suddenly vanished a red mass.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I picked up his axe and attacked the tangle wreckage myself.
Suddenly I thought the ship lurch from swing. She was
free of the wreckage. Most of the men who had
been on the coy rerecords me were dead. Marion seaman, officers,
Dividad was.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Wedding around again, and I forced my mind to concentrate
on the problem.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
My eye did maneuver. My crippled ship can.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
Continue the fight, and the racist the Bushwell five ran
into the wind.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
We'll part stand your dunsman, Oh, well done.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
For us again afore us it is gone to take
that eighth of first. Really, she swinging on into the.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Wind just as we are.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
I'm handed. The gale was blowing as the past seas far.
Then the early wasting gets out of the rains with
a vision gud Sure. I can't get enough leave it
it to say you to the window. It's infuriating, But
she's in the same tuvel, mister bush The ship which
is ready for accent again. First we'll win this battle. Hi,
I say, I get that the bush. Oh h, he's
(19:24):
telling about you for a block or the I've tied
it up for now.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
You are?
Speaker 1 (19:31):
You are right?
Speaker 2 (19:32):
I say, don't stand there asking questions like a fool.
I'm standing.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Get this deck cleared up so we can go back.
Lady Barbara, who gave you permission to come on deck?
And I owners worring for.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You to stay alone? And the deck is no place
for you. I can see that, Captain.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
I have no intention of obstructing you.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
I propose to knock myself in my cabin.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Aw you are cabin? Please are?
Speaker 3 (19:54):
There's no cabin left for you, ma'ama. They get four
broad sides of twenty four buns off from them, A
timbered out of to your cabin, ma'am, and what is
left of it wouldn't help apply. We much to do
to make our ship ready to fight again.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Very well, your courts, tom sir, you're bloody.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Can I yes, ma'am, you can help me and all
of us by going back to the cable here.
Speaker 6 (20:18):
I also my humble apologies packed.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
As to wish you will no doubt appreciate the situation. Yes, sir,
you must figure Jody muster and get back into battle
as soon as possible, and place on the men, mister
Bush of their lives and liberty depend upon speed. The
first ship ready for action is going to win this battle.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
Ratio Hornblowers darring Michael Redgrave is based on the novels
by C. S.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Forester.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Music composed and conducted by Sydney Torch, produced by Harry
Allen calls
Cold, all hands big to quarters. I'm out, can't die
this table better.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
One broadside into it to please Captain Bush.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Point us on target, then stop ready, eyes already.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Is that thing Michael Redgrave se as Forester's indomitable man
of the sea, A ratio hornblower.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
And there's many difficult problems in my seafaring career developed
now I can remember none graver that met which faced
me as I prepared to sail in my figate in
search of them at Tividad. I had captured her before
in harbor by night, and by surprise, now I must
meet her on the open sea, where her enormous superiority
(02:16):
in firing force must give her the advantage.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
That was better enough.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Now I had the additional responsibility of a high born
and influential passenger, Lady Barbara Willesley. When I returned to
the ship after calling on the Vicetroy at Panama, I
summoned Bush, my first lieutenant, to my cabin bosh Wise,
Lady Barbara, she don't recorded icture. I had the carpet
and knock of a havoc chair, for I had a
(02:43):
bit of awning reach. I to give us some shakes.
The Lydia is a frigate, but to go into action,
not an Indiaman.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
With nothing to do but pampa passengers.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
No Sha, Lady Wellsley takes advantage of her position and
forces me to carry her to England.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I cannot refuse. But this is no reason why my
ship should be turned into a botoir doser.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
I can find you bushconsciously anything, but no, sir, Yes, sir,
figure me, sir, but you know have been highly dangerous
for her ladyship to stay ashore with yellow fevers spreading
as it is, so she seeks safety by coming aboard
a ship which is about to fight an enemy twice
its size. Give mister Bush, no good will come of this.
If we win the battle, we shall be sentient for
(03:25):
exposing our ladyship to danger. If we lose it, we
can it imagine you losing any battle, sir, not if
it was a whole Spanish fleet instead of just one ship.
So when I want your opinion, mister Bush, good or otherwise,
I will ask for it. How am I going to
place my court neck with a woman sitting there?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
And I just thought it?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
My shower path under the pump on deck? Look have
a screen rigged. See that the crew have warned about
dress too. In this heat, most of them work half naked.
Eye eyes, sir. She was still on the quarter deck
(04:03):
when I went to attend to the business of getting
the ship underway.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
It was infuriating.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Hey, hey, he.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Cable's poly, sir.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
The ancles foule, sir.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
My mind had to juggle with many factors at once,
the drag of the cable on the barrows, the pressure
of the wind on the driver on topsail, the set
of the tide, the increasing sternway, the amount of.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Cable still to run out When I sailed forward, I
must do so dead in.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Line with the anchor, with no slack in the cable,
or we might well bring the masts and rigging about.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Our ears.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
Hard the stop it.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Smartly with the races. Now she's checked, mister Bush. She's
moving forward, mister Bush. Now hands aloft said it. We
sail a little drawer.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Oh tell her wait, take in the table, make your sir.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
She's making yes, but we mustn't sail up to our
anchor with too much speed on her. When I give
the ordermists, pushmis and see how well you've drilled her.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Crew Those sails.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Must come off.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Are like light.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Negros were not to be taken aback.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
They will share. I swear that the crew stand by.
Now take a little sail.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Horses talking, and girls you.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Like out of work, Oh bore your gaston.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
There came away quick.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Well we blashy, cry, cry, yet make fly.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
The moments had come. With sail off the Lydia was
drifting up to her anchor. I was the moment when
either he would raise it word the manouver would end
in disaster.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Every man aboard said.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
For the wild. They rushing capst and hands held his.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Bread bakers free, said all say, mister bush hi a
ser hi hexa.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
You've showed no Spanish the fine spirit of seamanship. They
never seen a lie. I'm may attend to your duties
of the pursy.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Say.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
It was not until we were standing out of the
gulf close hold that I.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Was free to communicate the Lady Barbara the news I
had heard from the Viceroy. In any case, good manners
necessitated that they should address her.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I couldn't ignore her pleasance.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
However much I might present it.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Sat in my hammock chair by the tamfrail. As certain
he be is a negress.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
At her seat, she was an animated conversation with Gerrard,
the officer of the watch, and I noted with amusement
that Gerrard broke off the conversation and moved away.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
As I approached. She acknowledged my ho was a smile.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Oh, it's heavenly to be at sea again, Captain, and
may I congratulate you on your amazing seamanship in raising
your anchor.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Mu.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
Also, you've given me no opportunity to tell you how
grateful I am to you for taking me away from Panama.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
I was treated well enough, but well.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
I was in charge of her excellency, an admirable woman,
but also dulls. In Spanish America women are treated like
Mohammedans and Spanish American prood.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Oh. On the latter point, heartedly, your leadership, will you
not sit down, captain? Sit down on my own quarter deck.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Thank you, your ladyship. But I've never done such a
thing in my life. If you'll forgive me, I prefer
to stand. I I came to give you good news.
Your brother, Sir Arthur, has one of great victory over
the French in Portugal, a great victory.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Well that is very good news.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
I've always been proud of Arthur.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
And this makes me proud of still.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I am happy to be the first to congratulate your sister.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
Oh, captain, just look at that setting. What almost extends
to hear the history.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
That sinks into the sea.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Yes, I am never never to miss the sunset in
these waters.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Your leadership, it's sir, it's a daily miracle. Beautiful exquisit.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I hope your ladyship was well provided for during my
absence ashore. If there's anything further that lies within my power.
Speaker 6 (08:18):
Well, there's just one thing, Captain, that I should like
to ask as a favor.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
What is that?
Speaker 6 (08:22):
That is that you do not call me your ladyship,
call me Lady Barbara.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
If you will certainly er er Lady Barbara mm hm.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
And if Lady Barbara doesn't come easy to you and
you wish to attract my attention, you can always say m.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Hm.
Speaker 6 (08:40):
Oh, Captain, I'm so sorry. Please accept my apologies. I
realize now that the markia was quite unforgivable.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
There is nothing to forgive, ma'am, And now if you
will forgive me in your turn, I must attend.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
To my duty. One woman please, Captain.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
I I knew that you was much on your mind.
I know that before you sail for home you must
fight the Natividad. Will you tell me what are your
prospects in that battle?
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Well?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
The Natividad man is a two decker with fifty guns
against my thirty six. She is commanded by Vice Admiral t. Crespo,
a ruthless and bloodthirsty man who will never surrender whatever
is faults. He's no coward, but against his force, I
have perhaps a little experience. Capable and loyal officers are there,
very well trained.
Speaker 6 (09:27):
Crew, and they are English. That counts for much. You
may be frank with the captain.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
What will happen if we should be used?
Speaker 3 (09:35):
If I or my crew are taken alive, we shall
be hanged or tortured. El Supremo will show no mercy
to us for having turned against him. And you, uh,
it shall be my last care to see that you
do not fall into the hands of du Crespo alive.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
Thank you, captain, But you're not to worry about me,
nor to allow my presence to influence you should it
come to the worst. I too, am English and the wealthy.
I know how to die.
Speaker 5 (10:27):
Sorry, good shorry you shapen stone shot.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Uh weathers thikinglish Bush. I'm just going to send down
to you, sir, permission to shorten sail. Yes, get the
courses into gallantcelf of mister Bush, I isa and go
short shi you want to be below.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I'm afraid we're gonna have a step down.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Oh no, captain, this is too delicious after the heated
it's your health smail about which I'm anxious.
Speaker 6 (10:56):
It's thought it was harmful. Say this would die young?
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Really sell house right ahead, don't finding the TV danser.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
I see her on the storm and taxa save it us.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
She is the dennerndza. I can see the canda damsel
poor y al eyesa.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
She's seen that, sir. He's wearing out on pot take
any up the window of a star.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Oh is she unusual for the Spanish ship that there
is about and challenge? Of course she's not a Spanish ship.
Now you shan't get the weather gateship me. Whatever happens,
elmvs is that yore he puts me?
Speaker 5 (11:42):
Who holds alive?
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Mister Moss speak bought us if it waz and clear.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Her action.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
He places meloda if I'll take your mate with you
and stay on the corpit until the action is over. No, no, not,
the cockpit will leave there for the morning. And those
are the camels. I have no time to take us them,
mister and lady said to the cable tears. See if
he is safe before you leave us. Those are my orders,
mister Gray. Mister Bush's incessant drilling of the crew showed
(12:17):
its value. Now every man knew his job and did
it swiftly and well. The exercised with water and strewn
with sand. The bowheads were knocked away. The fire parties
took their places at the pumps. The boys ran with
cartridges for the guns. Down below, the acting surgeon was
taking the midship from's chests together in the cockpit to
make an operating table. The doctor better say, cat won't
(12:44):
be able to open their lower gun ports, so i'll.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Trouble you have two weeks taken in those tops.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Why hi, sir, s.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
T reas to the topside.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Excuse me, sir, with all this brave breaking the board.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
You do you rely on the flint triggers for the
guns or showing other slow matches lit in the dubs.
Don't like the matches in place, will steer small plasty.
I'll sit to approaching each other at an angel scier.
So the when we meet us sit here for the.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Window of the other.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Do you understand, ay, sir, look share, there's a puff
of smoke, she's open fire, has a forward a waist padder,
and start at such range. Never forget, mister Bush the
first broadside discharged and orders when guns carefully loaded like
cruise with time to think, is worth ten under.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
And the other circuses.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Yes, shir, we've been passing mighty closer, but we both
stay on this course. In fact we will meet out
about don't telling who had the weather gage that was closer.
Here comes another that cutts two men down at number four.
(13:57):
Gun shirt Christus, we're going to say that close hand
by this trader while as he comes fare will wall held.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Now all the ways he comes out pa with action.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
The last my nervousness and fear of some fatal error
was gone. I stared across the tossing sea of the Natilida.
I could see the cresco up on the poop. Fellow
actually had the insolenced away bare lay at me. It
had the advantage from our maneuver two broad sides and
thord at close rings with only one.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Shot in reply.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Now we had to pay for it. I saw the
ludder of our opponent kick over, and the next moment
the two decker had swung around and was hurtling down
upon us. Half God take all lads with one broad
side from her too well.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
Dear Ben, I lost my gas fire you.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Will the crespos, evidently unable to trust his crew to
fire an independently. There was working into the word of command.
He's doing it well too. At intervals as the sea permitted,
her lower deck ports were opening like clockwork, and have
big twenty four pounds were vomiting, play and smoke. What yes,
(15:30):
mister Bush after dead carried away from the gardens, then
at work shop, the the man have it relye on
the deck and dragon it's death to stand in that
iron hail, and mister Bush Sr. And the native it
had superior forces too great for us to continue this
close workers after you was.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Sing if we're to survive, it's a pity, sure, but
I'm afraid you're right.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Answers.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Now, mister Bush back the main tops of a trifle
to take away office and literally Jimmy got ahead, Hi
aija ah tax ship for run across the stern approach
ius to turn.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
I know now attack again my little place.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Your guns was great, glorious, damp my height glaorious, too
broad his eyes.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
He was turned.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
She's too big of chunted to take her out like us, sir, Yes,
say the satisfaction for the end.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
She's coming back of us.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
I hope she is, saying A gun thoughts her open
as well. This time I'm going to take some real punishment.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Doubt. There's Dick Chris Bow really like an ape.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
I hope he was kill saying our broadsides here she comes,
what about to receive?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Coming down? Counting old, you're right, jel rig puss cunning
away from me? Have you feel it? Jimmy a hand?
Here's how are you.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Dy? Gets you blow shot?
Speaker 1 (17:12):
You're covered with how many work plaster?
Speaker 2 (17:14):
It's not my blood?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Clearless mess? Are we lost? The mission has carried away
the main to a gallon masked with it.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
I to go away? Can I sit here?
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I got gragg it away?
Speaker 5 (17:27):
You go here?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
It comes all the broadside here can work? I run
my sword and the ladle moves away. You brought tide
thundered into us, and I felt the lidiar leap and
(17:50):
twist like something human.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
As the great shots plunged into her.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Ritle Man wielding his axe nearly suddenly vanished a red mass.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I picked up his axe and attacked the tangle wreckage myself.
Suddenly I thought the ship lurch from swing. She was
free of the wreckage. Most of the men who had
been on the coy rerecords me were dead. Marion seaman, officers,
Dividad was.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Wedding around again, and I forced my mind to concentrate
on the problem.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
My eye did maneuver. My crippled ship can.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
Continue the fight, and the racist the Bushwell five ran
into the wind.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
We'll part stand your dunsman, Oh, well done.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
For us again afore us it is gone to take
that eighth of first. Really, she swinging on into the.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Wind just as we are.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
I'm handed. The gale was blowing as the past seas far.
Then the early wasting gets out of the rains with
a vision gud Sure. I can't get enough leave it
it to say you to the window. It's infuriating, But
she's in the same tuvel, mister bush The ship which
is ready for accent again. First we'll win this battle. Hi,
I say, I get that the bush. Oh h, he's
(19:24):
telling about you for a block or the I've tied
it up for now.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
You are?
Speaker 1 (19:31):
You are right?
Speaker 2 (19:32):
I say, don't stand there asking questions like a fool.
I'm standing.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Get this deck cleared up so we can go back.
Lady Barbara, who gave you permission to come on deck?
And I owners worring for.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You to stay alone? And the deck is no place
for you. I can see that, Captain.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
I have no intention of obstructing you.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
I propose to knock myself in my cabin.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Aw you are cabin? Please are?
Speaker 3 (19:54):
There's no cabin left for you, ma'ama. They get four
broad sides of twenty four buns off from them, A
timbered out of to your cabin, ma'am, and what is
left of it wouldn't help apply. We much to do
to make our ship ready to fight again.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Very well, your courts, tom sir, you're bloody.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Can I yes, ma'am, you can help me and all
of us by going back to the cable here.
Speaker 6 (20:18):
I also my humble apologies packed.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
As to wish you will no doubt appreciate the situation. Yes, sir,
you must figure Jody muster and get back into battle
as soon as possible, and place on the men, mister
Bush of their lives and liberty depend upon speed. The
first ship ready for action is going to win this battle.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
Ratio Hornblowers darring Michael Redgrave is based on the novels
by C. S.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Forester.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Music composed and conducted by Sydney Torch, produced by Harry
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