Am I missing something? (Or is Mr Bush?)
Mar. 14th, 2010 11:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anteros_lmcAm I missing something?? Immediately prior to the battle with the Spanish prisoners on Renown CSF treats us to a rather memorable description of Mr Bush retiring for the night. (I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed this ;)
So....am I to take it that Bush fights this entire battle wearing nothing but his shirt?? I'm sure that must contravene Admiralty regulations. Ladies, I need to know!
He threw off his outer clothes, and standing in his shirt he cast a final look round his cabin before putting out the light. Shoes and trousers were on the sea-chest ready to be put on at a moment's notice in the event of an emergency. Sword and pistols were in their beckets against the bulkhead....Then he dropped upon the cot, lying on his back with his arms and legs spread wide so as to allow the sweat every chance to evaporate, and he closed his eyes.Later Bush is woken by the noise of the fighting:
Now there was another rush of feet, and wild shouting, which brought Bush off his cot in a flash. He tore open his cabin door, and as he did so he heard the bang of a musket which left him in no doubt as to what was happening. He turned back and grabbed for sword and pistol,Take note: sword and pistol. No mention of the carefully laid out shoes and trousers. In fact CSF goes on to mention Bush's bare feet sliding in the blood spilled across the deck.
So....am I to take it that Bush fights this entire battle wearing nothing but his shirt?? I'm sure that must contravene Admiralty regulations. Ladies, I need to know!
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-03-14 11:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:00 am (UTC)He could only shake his head a little, smiling because of the sense of comfort and security conveyed by Hornblower's hands.
And just where exactly are Mr Honblower's hands at this point? Hmn?
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 12:37 pm (UTC)ONE CAN ONLY HOPE. XD
Although .... just wait until you get to Flying Colours. JUST WAIT
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 01:58 pm (UTC)Yes. Yes, those would be the very ones.
just wait until you get to Flying Colours.
My dear, I don't know if I _dare_ read any further!
no subject
Date: 2010-03-14 11:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-14 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 08:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:07 am (UTC)Ouch!!! Mind you, I'm sure the ship's carpenter could have fixed him up with a wooden one.
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:40 am (UTC)Well don't blame me! It was CSF wot done it!
...he kicked out with his bare feet to free himself from the hands that grabbed at him.
Just imagine....!
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 01:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:30 am (UTC)That reminds me of a scene in The Commodore where Hornblower is too preoccupied to put his clothes back on after his deck shower and stands naked on deck for an hour or so! Heaven knows what that did to the poor crew... :p
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 10:43 am (UTC)I would have expected better of Mr Hornblower. He'll catch his death standing about in the scud like that!
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 11:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 01:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 12:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 01:12 pm (UTC)Jack Aubrey does something similar - comes up on deck after he usual morning swim in his birthday suit, realises there's a lady on deck (they're transporting her to Australia, but she is a lady and is allowed to take the air on the quarterdeck) and seizes his First Lieutenant as a shield so he can dive down the companionway out of her sight.
One can only imagine the look on Pullings' face... and wish screenwriters stuck closer to their source material.
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 02:02 pm (UTC)*speechless* for the second time today!
One can only imagine the look on Pullings' face... and wish screenwriters stuck closer to their source material.
Now _that_ I would pay very good money to see!
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 02:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-24 12:01 pm (UTC)I'd say he should have grabbed a midshipman, but that would give entirely the wrong impression.
-Rikibeth
no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 02:06 pm (UTC)In which book does that happen?
Jack’s "birthday suit" in that deleted swimming scene from M&C is rather disappointing, too. I reckon even back then babies were less bashful... ;)
no subject
Date: 2010-03-16 10:36 am (UTC)Oh why on earth did PMG have his pants on? I mean I know A&E had to consider their target audience but still......
no subject
Date: 2010-03-16 02:51 pm (UTC)I've already promised
I mean I know A&E had to consider their target audience but still......
I suspect if A&E had _really_ been considering their target audience there would have been less trousers, more deck showers and they'd _never_ have killed off Archie!
no subject
Date: 2012-08-24 12:07 pm (UTC)And they wouldn't have moved the camera away every time Horatio and Archie kissedwait, was that my out loud voice?-Rikibeth
no subject
Date: 2012-08-25 10:17 pm (UTC)