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.
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Date: 2006-02-16 04:53 am (UTC)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.