i will not think of 'this is such a pity" by weezer as a bush/hornblower song. i will not think of

( Random pile of completely unconnected beginnings for future Hornblower fic. No spoilers, second and fourth are movie. Other two are book.  )

And my favorite quote of the day so far from my re-reading of Hornblower and the Hotspur, from the morning after they )(@*#)(@* schooled a whole host of French shipping right under the noses of the French on-shore battery and while they are making their getaway:

"Fire away, Monseer le Frog," said Bush. "The damage is done."

:D