Finally, with some assistance because I have smoked too much HH crack, I have the passage with reference to Bush's age.
End of ch. 17 in FC (the source of all that is right and good):
Hornblower remembered the prediction that the war would end in 1814 -- promotion would be slower in peace time. And Bush was ten years older than he, and only just beginning the climb.
The ever popular FC, of course
End of ch. 17 in FC (the source of all that is right and good):
Hornblower remembered the prediction that the war would end in 1814 -- promotion would be slower in peace time. And Bush was ten years older than he, and only just beginning the climb.