1. "Set a course to weather the Foreland. We're taking the Hotspur to sea, Mr. Bush."
2. "Goodbye, Bush."
3. "Kingston, sir, and we'll hang the expense."
4. "Maria." Her husband had said this even before Caudebec, but it grew more common after Caudebec. After meeting the Comtess, Barbara also realized that it could be Marie, too, especially when said with soft, loving tones and not with his fists clenched by his side.
5. Really, Hornblower was not talkative in his sleep as a general rule; he was such a light sleeper, and it made Barbara's stomach ache in a way that she was not quite familiar with to hear him start to sing For He's a Jolly Good Fellow in a croaky, utterly tuneless tenor. She never knew the dream in which Hornblower sang the song, and Hornblower never told her the circumstances in which Bush had sung it to him.
Nevertheless, she could tell that Hornblower was struggling to sing along with someone. He wanted to follow them very badly.
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5 things Hornblower said in his sleep that Barbara heard after Caudebec.
Date: 2006-09-22 02:41 pm (UTC)2. "Goodbye, Bush."
3. "Kingston, sir, and we'll hang the expense."
4. "Maria." Her husband had said this even before Caudebec, but it grew more common after Caudebec. After meeting the Comtess, Barbara also realized that it could be Marie, too, especially when said with soft, loving tones and not with his fists clenched by his side.
5. Really, Hornblower was not talkative in his sleep as a general rule; he was such a light sleeper, and it made Barbara's stomach ache in a way that she was not quite familiar with to hear him start to sing For He's a Jolly Good Fellow in a croaky, utterly tuneless tenor. She never knew the dream in which Hornblower sang the song, and Hornblower never told her the circumstances in which Bush had sung it to him.
Nevertheless, she could tell that Hornblower was struggling to sing along with someone. He wanted to follow them very badly.