ARGH, my internet just ate my reply, so you might get a repeat.
6. And in 1793, a year before he dies, uncle Archie finds a place for his namesake with an old friend that he served with back in the day, a fine captain by the name of Keene.
*______* BRILLIANT. Especially being the nephew - I didn't want to put him in the immediate family, cos there really isn't a place for him. But being the nephew just gives it more resonance, that he has a namesake who succeeded in the Navy before him (and dies the year that Horatio goes to sea; I love that). And he wants to go to sea, to separate himself. It works so well. Also because Keene's ship isn't where he wants to be. He's almost beside himself with glee when they get to go to the (bloody) Indy.
I wonder if the raising of an 'independent company of foot' means an army type thing.
And, it's a pity your exam isn;t on 18th century England. <3
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yes times a trillion XD
Date: 2006-02-16 09:07 am (UTC)6. And in 1793, a year before he dies, uncle Archie finds a place for his namesake with an old friend that he served with back in the day, a fine captain by the name of Keene.
*______* BRILLIANT. Especially being the nephew - I didn't want to put him in the immediate family, cos there really isn't a place for him. But being the nephew just gives it more resonance, that he has a namesake who succeeded in the Navy before him (and dies the year that Horatio goes to sea; I love that). And he wants to go to sea, to separate himself. It works so well. Also because Keene's ship isn't where he wants to be. He's almost beside himself with glee when they get to go to the (bloody) Indy.
I wonder if the raising of an 'independent company of foot' means an army type thing.
And, it's a pity your exam isn;t on 18th century England. <3