1. There was an inn. Maybe there was more than one. It's hard for Bush to recall precise names and details. He could not see out the window, and he spent the first few days in a haze of pain and fever. There is one long, long day in which they ride in the carriage, and there is one long, long evening of dim lamps and covered dishes and strange voices on the other side of the door. A soldier at the door, but keeping them in, as opposed to keeping the crew out. Preserving the dignity of the captain.
2. The embarassment of having to be helped to the chamberpot, helped onto it, and helped off. It was comedic on certain levels, but also grim.
3. Brown, wiping the mouth of the bottle with a napkin.
4. The hand-holding, of course. Every morning, the captain reached for his hand moments after the carriage wheels began to turn, and if Bush let go of Hornblower's hand to let Hornblower brood, it was only for a little while before Hornblower was reaching back across the coach.
5. Bush chooses not to remember the pain. There was plenty of the pain, both during the day and during the night, but he chooses to remember the hand-holding instead of it. It was the first time that they had shown affection for each other in years -- it was the first time, in fact, since they parted ways after the Hotspur sank.
5 things Bush remembers about the carriage ride to Paris
2. The embarassment of having to be helped to the chamberpot, helped onto it, and helped off. It was comedic on certain levels, but also grim.
3. Brown, wiping the mouth of the bottle with a napkin.
4. The hand-holding, of course. Every morning, the captain reached for his hand moments after the carriage wheels began to turn, and if Bush let go of Hornblower's hand to let Hornblower brood, it was only for a little while before Hornblower was reaching back across the coach.
5. Bush chooses not to remember the pain. There was plenty of the pain, both during the day and during the night, but he chooses to remember the hand-holding instead of it. It was the first time that they had shown affection for each other in years -- it was the first time, in fact, since they parted ways after the Hotspur sank.