vixie
Midshipman
flirting with the new Laser Vago!
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Post by vixie on Nov 30, 2014 19:52:56 GMT
Ahoy fellow shipfans of salty tales! I have been paging through M&C for ages trying to find a passage where Jack tells Stephen about seeing James Dillon on the street (possibly in Mahon?) and raises his hat to him, only to have his wig stick to it, to Jack's embarrassment. It has to have been after the cut-out of the shore battery, when Jack lost a lot of his hair to burns, but, being behind the times and not having this text in digital, searchable form, I cannot find it.
If any kind-hearted shipmate could hall me out with the location of this passage, I should be eternally grateful, and gladly shout you an admiral's flip in Gib!
thanks and many thanks -V
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Post by Dolphin on Nov 30, 2014 21:17:02 GMT
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vixie
Midshipman
flirting with the new Laser Vago!
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Post by vixie on Dec 2, 2014 21:39:24 GMT
Yes! You are brilliant! Many thanks, Dolphin! (I love that passage. It is one of those little peculiarities of O'Brian's narrative that make the characters so human, yet is easily translatable to modern sensibilities.)
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