Chichester! I had to google it to find out where that was. It has a harbour; that's interesting.
Horatio is slightly insane, yeah? I'm thinking that kind of behaviour isn't too surprising though, given how he's controlled (or wishes he was) to an extreme degree, highly intelligent, and so on.
Bush must be passable at mathematics or else he just wouldn't have gotten a commission. Perhaps he seems sub-standard only to Hornblower's eyes, which might suggest that his maths ability stands out to Horatio as being the not-excellent thing about him?
From what little I know about book-Bush, I'm wondering if he feels the pressure of his family. He *doesn't* have any home-made clothing, and I would guess he only lives with them while ashore because it would be the streets, otherwise. And he would have an obligation to see them. Also, he's old enough to have a wife and to be a Captain. Given he devotes himself to the Navy in general and to Horatio rather than those things, I guess he might feel some social pressure/lack of fitting in. Maybe he's just gay. :p
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Date: 2005-12-30 07:55 am (UTC)Horatio is slightly insane, yeah? I'm thinking that kind of behaviour isn't too surprising though, given how he's controlled (or wishes he was) to an extreme degree, highly intelligent, and so on.
Bush must be passable at mathematics or else he just wouldn't have gotten a commission. Perhaps he seems sub-standard only to Hornblower's eyes, which might suggest that his maths ability stands out to Horatio as being the not-excellent thing about him?
From what little I know about book-Bush, I'm wondering if he feels the pressure of his family. He *doesn't* have any home-made clothing, and I would guess he only lives with them while ashore because it would be the streets, otherwise. And he would have an obligation to see them. Also, he's old enough to have a wife and to be a Captain. Given he devotes himself to the Navy in general and to Horatio rather than those things, I guess he might feel some social pressure/lack of fitting in. Maybe he's just gay. :p