You know? I was kind of like [insert stream of amazed Japanese emoticons here].

If you sort of take a squinty sideways look, I guess you can kinda see it holding true for HH -- despite all of his complaining, he really does have some high-ranking people looking out for him. He never has a single super-powerful Admiral who'll see him through things, but Cornwallis and Pellew both take care of him, and he never really is lacking for employment.