Nnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Him actually leaving a pregnant Marie behind? That's hardcore, yo.
And I mean. Man. That's a hell of an equation for him -- on the one hand, in France, he's got Marie and the Comte and Gracay and the memory of those happy days on the Loire, not to mention BABY. And he's estranged from Barbara like OMGWTFBBQ at the end of LH.
On the other hand, staying in France means that he has to give up Richard Arthur. And whatever career he might have had left after becoming an Admiral. And, really, his entire conception of himself as a man who does his duty, however amorphous that concept may now be in the peacetime Navy.
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Date: 2006-04-10 11:28 pm (UTC)And I mean. Man. That's a hell of an equation for him -- on the one hand, in France, he's got Marie and the Comte and Gracay and the memory of those happy days on the Loire, not to mention BABY. And he's estranged from Barbara like OMGWTFBBQ at the end of LH.
On the other hand, staying in France means that he has to give up Richard Arthur. And whatever career he might have had left after becoming an Admiral. And, really, his entire conception of himself as a man who does his duty, however amorphous that concept may now be in the peacetime Navy.