GOD. That bit where Caillard or whatever tells Hornblower that Bush will be coming with them. About Hornblower blazing out, moved as not even the loss of his sword could move him?
Yes, I am that much of a plebe. I have whole sections of HH/WB committed ot memory because I've read them so many times and cherished them and.
And yeah. I think that he's kind of less of a horse's behind in SotL than in BtQ, and I put that down to Hornblower's emotions slowly starting to come back online after losing his kids. He just shuts down emotionally, I think, when something terrible happens -- we get it pretty graphically in Lord Hornblower. He just goes into a state of mourning so deep that he barely realizes the depth of his grief.
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Yes, I am that much of a plebe. I have whole sections of HH/WB committed ot memory because I've read them so many times and cherished them and.
And yeah. I think that he's kind of less of a horse's behind in SotL than in BtQ, and I put that down to Hornblower's emotions slowly starting to come back online after losing his kids. He just shuts down emotionally, I think, when something terrible happens -- we get it pretty graphically in Lord Hornblower. He just goes into a state of mourning so deep that he barely realizes the depth of his grief.