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I'm open to the sun and calm as we glide it into the bay of Gibraltar. And I'll stood on the quarter deck with my telescope trained toward the Algier theatres from Morgon and Ar. It was a strange situation that major naval bases of Spain and England should be no more than six miles apart. There was well to keep close watch on Algier theatres for at any moment a squadron of Spaniards might push out suddenly and pan-solise. But we reached the boater with our incidents and Captain Perlil left the ship to pay his respect to the port admiral. And he returned, he sent for me in his cabin. And as I went below I wondered nervously what crimes I had committed. Come in. Acting left on the Hornblower. Ah Mr. Hornblower, acting left on a day. You like that touch? Svisham to welcome? Better than midship and eight? Oh yes. Still not so good as left on a day.

Ah, yes. Well Mr. Hornblower, and you ought to consider this good news. There will be an examination for left on a tomorrow, Captain's boat. What do you think of that, eh? Well, I'm... Certainly interested, sir. Of course you are. The examination will be held about the old prison hulk over there, the Santa Barbara. You are ready to take it? I hope Mr. Hornblower, well I... Am I your? Yes. Let's see. You'll hold my order as acting left on for two months now. Is that right? 30 days. If you pass this examination, I'll be there after tomorrow, you'll be a full left on it with no nonsense about it. And you'll have two months to see the hour today. It's sung. Wonderful, sir, but what? Well, nothing, sir. I was just thinking what would happen if I... If I should fail, you would rev up to midship and naturally. And you'd lose about eight months of seniority. Because it's for six months at least, before you could try again. Yes, I know that. Well, well, did you say you do feel ready for this examination?

Well, I am. Oh, yes. Better I'll end. The reports of the Santa Barbara at 3pm tomorrow were your certificates and journals. Hi, I said. Tell Mr. Bodeon you have my permission to go. You may use one of the ship's boats. Thank you, sir. That's all. Oh, and by the way, yes, sir. Good luck for him, sir. I wish that I could be as confident of the examination as I pretended. The truth was, I hadn't expected it to come so soon. Well, there was nothing for it then, but to get out, naughty, epitome of navigation and clock, complete handbook of seamanship and try in the next turn to four hours to be up on everything in those two thick volumes. And there were other things to pretend it to besides. And my friend, midshipman Jack Brace, never let me forget them. Shoes. Hmm? Oh, it was. Was that Brace?

I said, shoes. Oh, no. Friggin' armature is difficult enough without your great cryptic armature. Boy, what do you mean? You have to weigh a bottle of shoes, remember? Oh, who the hell is that, too? Oh, Chuck, I'm Demi Laddy. Back I'll get to the gun room and get him polished. Sorry, took my shoes and I went back to my navigation. It was a long time before Brace came back. Yeah, take this. Hmm? What? What's that? My clean shirt. You don't have to clean one. Oh, thank you very much, sir. How's it going? What about my shoes? Oh, well done. Why are you here? Okay, Neptune. Haven't you got them polished yet? Again, I'm not surprised too, blacking is going to chip. Oh, no. That's all right. I had sure the man who had worked with Lod. Oh, well done. Unfortunately, the resultant compounds stubbornly refuse to take the polish. Oh, then he got what am I to do, man? I have two men not work with the gun room's molding shoe brush. When they're through with that, they'll use the soft cloth. And don't worry, we'll bring your shoes up to a condition of brightness worthy of an examination blip-dynamed. Hmm. Oh, well done.

That was by no means satisfied with what I knew of navigation, but I did have to close that book and start on the handbook of seamanship. Oh, I felt so abysmal ignorance. Jack braces interruptions, at least except the purpose of taking my mind off my death breath, lack of knowledge. Bridges. What are you talking about this time, brace? Bridges? Give me the Bridges, dear number one uniform. Oh, I love him, prick boy. Oh, yes. Thank you, Jack. Now, then, let me get ready back. The words in the complete handbook of seamanship began after a while to dance before my eyes. They seemed completely meaningless to my befuddled brain. Because it was a great distance. A few days later, I again heard the voice of midship and brace. Lick up. Hmm. What's it? What's it? I said, lick her.

I'm not going to ask you to lick the dresser from the British Navy. Give it to me quickly. You haven't drunk it, have you? No. I will then drop it out, look sharp. Why? So that the government attendant will be able to press your bridges? Well, is he going to press them with a tin cup half full of rum? Of course not, the lick is for the water and coke. Oh, why should he have my rum rush? Because if the government attendant to press your bridges, he has to eat a flat iron and a galle. We could go into line to do that without some payment and then throw it away. Oh, right. All right. There's today's spit at ration over there. I was keeping it through later. If you want to be a lieutenant, you have to make sacrifices, Onda. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Went on like that through the afternoon. Most of the night and all of the next morning. By the end of that time, I was turning rather fancically from Norris texts to Clarkson, back again to Norris navigation. The only question in my mind was which one baffle my war. Finally, the boat was ready to cannon me into the Santa Barbara.

I made myself a sprint with my sword and white bridges and buckle shoes. My bundle of journals under my arm. My certificates were sobriety and good conduct in my pocket. Grace had only one last word of advice. Your hat. I couldn't get the dent out of it. What? I'll take it off as soon as you can and keep it under your arm. I said they won't see you come up the ship side. When I got aboard the Santa Barbara, I was directed off to a port side cabin. And when I entered that cabin, my heart sank down to those buckle shoes. For there was a whole cabin full of other midshipmen. All of them dressed like myself, all of them ready to take that examination. One of them spoke to me. Welcome to the black hole of Calcutta. Oh, for the love of...how many of them here? You are the fourth year. First year? How many will they pass, do you think? Five, sir. I doubt it. Do you know who's examining us? Dread not fast up a while. He's had the tail twister rep or the one's one.

And Captain Harvey of the Dockyard, I don't know him. You wouldn't want him. Who's the third? I don't like to tell you. I don't like to have you tell me then. But you might as well come on. Black, Charlie, hammer. Oh, whoa. Oh, he's almost as better straight on fosters, ne? Yes. He's powered through here, looking as if he'd lost a guinea and bound six. Well, we may as well sit here and wait out there. But not good, it was yours. Ah! We waited. The first man came back from his agglomination. But he had failed. And informed us that they began by asking him to define a rumbline. 39 midshipmen had their textbook open on the incident. We read about rumblines. Candidates departed and candidates returned. Most gloomy, some smiling. The afternoon wore on. Twilight came, night came.

And finally, my new friend left. And ten minutes later, he was back. He had failed. It was my turn now. I striked in my neck cloth and sawed her at my sword hung directly on my side. And an agony of nervousness I had. I went into the examining room to stand before the three grim faces across the table. Well, sir, report yourself. We have no time to waste. Honblers, sir. Horatio Honblers, midshipmen. I mean, acting with them at the HMS Interfactical, sir. Your specific experience? Yes, sir. Yes, sir, in order. Your most humble contact with the Honblers, beating up the channel, and an old easily wind blowing hard, with overbearing north two miles. Is that clear? Yes, sir. Now the wind is four points and takes you flat it back. What do you do, sir? What do you do?

No, no rumblines. What's that? Nothing. What do you do? Well, I, by now, you're just mastered. You're mastered with a double-triff, and you're injured. Your interior trouble, Mr. Honblers. I think that, um, it's a difficult point, sir, because if it were, that's confiled. There's cannon. So, um, let's get back to our ships. The Fire! Unsitimoniously, they rushed out of the cabin, sweeping inside the centre of the door. I followed them, and with the three captains I arrived in the waste, just in time to see a rocket saw up into the night sky. The first in charge of big stars. Wait! It's not general law. Fire ships! Fire ships! Oh, they're up there! Up there, the roof! Oh, my gang! I didn't expect to find a big now-rear heaven!

All our ships in the harbor beat to quarters. And, of course, half a mile of dark water, a yellow life-cool. Ships wrapped in prey. A line of fire ships was running before the wind, straight into our crowded anchorage. Let one of those blazing houses make contact with one of our vessels, and, in the instant, the fire will be transmitted to the dry painted timber to the tarred cottage that the inframible sails. To manly and highly combustible ships filled with explosives, fire is the deadliest and most dreaded peril of the sea. Unless it was the peril, we won't face now. Use over there! Use over! Come on outside! Come on outside and burn your... I don't want to slide or I'll burn you! Fins is everywhere in the gentleman's fault. Where does the weight of bringing Captain Foster? He's coming! Here are gentlemen. Until this flutter bandwagon takes us. I quote, ships, instant flames, and fawned it.

The three captains ran to the missing chains, and flung themselves down into the boat. I was right at their heels. It was my bond and duty to get back to my show as soon as possible. I knew there was no chance of a junior officer finding a boat to take him back. Perhaps after the captains reached their ships, if they reached them, I could do the same. Perhaps I threw myself in as they pushed off, nearly knocking the breath out of Captain Harvey. Go! What? Answer this, sir! I didn't mean to trip to knocking to you, sir. Where are you going? Well, I should go to the end of the fascist war, sir. After you're all convinced your ships, of course. Where, Osvin? Brood, can't you? This is no time to sit there giving full wave. Where, too? I'm not in a navy. I'm a British civilian. Full for my ship. But with no. No, no. Look, you're Captain Foster. I'm the senior. Full for the colic cell. And if one such the trip brought smear, I'm saying the woman's fee.

We must get started. Colic 30. But full, Osvin. Full. I have the pillar. What? Ah! What? I'm afraid. The day when earlier I had faced the Captain's board from my examination for lieutenant, ended with me in a boat in Gibraltar harbour in the middle of a dangerous action. I'm a companion, a reluctant door's button and for three captains of the captains board. Meet the Red Bull Dragonberry Emergized. It's one of the many new drinks out now. Who knew ice cold drinks could be so? Fire. Try them all only at my dolls. Toyota's easy choice sales event is on. Whether you're looking for the performance of the Camry, the versatility of Rav4,

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That's possible. We are on side, or any minute. So, with a man at the wheel of the fire ship, she could be a steered gear then. What don't you think, sir? We ought to do it. Put the Toyota over Captain Harry. It's my poll. Viewers, but he's a poll. I don't want to watch that you see. If I pull alongside that fire ship, we'll all go up in smoke. You all saw them? Yeah. Now you're the ones, man. You'll see the sword. My poll. My poll. Yes, sir. Yes. Play us under a counter. I don't jump for it. Let me go and tap the faucet. I'll handle it. That would be if you'd like one, girl. It's a really poor fish. Our boats swung under the steered of the fire ship. She was before the wind began now and just gathering away, just hitting down upon the Santa Barbara. I stood up on the fort and jumped. My hands got something and with a kick and a struggle I dragged myself up onto the empty deck, kept in foster followed.

With a brick before the wind, the flames were blown followed by dark where we were. The heat was terrifying. I ran followed to the wheel. It was last with a loop of line and as I cast this off and seized the spokes I took a fuel and a lather below me, bite into the water. We're going to collide with the Santa Barbara. Hard over. Hard over it, sir. The overframes coming this way. That's blown onto the wheel. I got this one. Hard over the heat. But, the turnings are deeper over. We might still wear them. We're going to pass the Santa Barbara. So we're going to pass it. We did it, sir. We did it. I want one on your knee. One more back foot. One, stop it, boy.

Stop it, one, just a second. The later ground on the shoulder, the new floor goes. First, first, there's the pumpers on the forefowl. Keep up, career. Keep breathing, sir. Oh, sir. Such an example, what is it, if I wanted it? Telling ropes must have burned away. You skinny, I can't stand us. All right, to the tapwheel. Come, sir. The water closed over me, and I felt panic as I struggled back to the surface. It was cold. I could see nothing in the darkness with my eyes still dazzled by the roaring flames. Somebody splashed beside me. Oh, oh, bro. I see. I see. They were falling in the boat.

They have to take us off. I hope they fall off. I hope they get to us. Can you swim? No, no, nothing, sir. I can't. I, though. Oh, holy. Holy. Oh, holy. Oh, see them, sir. Oh, holy. Well, holy. They'll back with a splutter, almost choking with water. They will both go in week and a half. I wondered if he felt the same despair that I felt, and I, I suppose, he did. Or even captains of much seniority, or only mortal men after all. I'll arm this struggled side by side in the water until he spoke to me again. I don't know. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

The boat. Oh, oh, oh, oh. I tried. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. The...their hideouts are supposed to... They're coming! They're coming, sir. The... The security's... hanging on... onto the sides. Go ahead, sir. Go ahead. Don't want you... bail up there! Leave the house! Let's see, sir. Don't see the... Run! Run! Run! Now roll out my own friend. I filled hands on my arms... and the water fell away from me like a weight. They lifted me and dragged me over the surf.

My fellow faced down with it in the bottom of the boat. Gasp in the breath. I was conscious only of Captain Foster beside me. Then, presently, for the first time... somebody in this boat spoke. I felt a cold silver floss over my skin. Along with speaking in Spanish. Urtambian. Adelante, polo, polo. Get lost, I mean. I... I heard it all. Get lost, I mean. Then... must be the crew that's dear to my ship, baby. Then escaped, er... Captain Foster said we'll... with the prisoners for... Oh, indeed. We'll see about that. Come on, over! Get out! I said! Get into the CIE! My sir! Now, my arm is in the air, I'm going to... Run yourself! Turn around. To the ceiling.

All right, then. All right. We're up, prisoners. Get into the CIE, cylinder. Adelante, polo, polo. Hold on. How are we heading? Er... Oh, no, I think so. Yes, no, there. Maybe they are going to land on the... neutral ground to make for the Spanish borders. Hmm. That's their best chance. That's a dark knife. There are two other ships. Burning themselves out there, over there, sir. There were three fire ships came in, in all, I think. Oh, that was my car, sir, three. Er... That means that none of them did any damage. Good. But a bold endeavor. Who well over it? Pilleted the dogs with making such an attempt. Well, I've learned about fire ships from us, perhaps. Er... We may have nursed the pinion that didn't tell the steel, eh? Well, right. Is it possible, sir? Well, I suppose it is. So... Let's lean back home, won't?

If we're to be prisoners, let's at least try to make ourselves comfortable. Captain Voster was a cool enough customer, quoting Poetry and discussing the naval situation while being carried off into captivity. I tried to emulate him, leaning back, unconcertainty, against the side of the boatman. I would not have wanted Jettnort fostered a realize that I was shivering from something up up in the field. I wondered what hardships a prisoner of the Spaniards might have to undergo. Ah! And suddenly there was a voice, an English voice, across the water. Oh, the holy! There's a man built, sir. Or a British guard built, about time. Oh, the holy! No, I didn't, sir. Continue, sir. Continue, sir. Oh, the holy! Oh, the holy! I'm a holy, a holy! Put some bien, till you have the autumn retire. Oh, until you, you yell.

Eh, we'd best be quiet, on glass. Feel finishes if we're not. Oh, the holy! Layers of all, for our Father, continue on that in our. Stop growing, for our radio. Continue on that in our. And on, on our. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Oh, the holy! Oh, the holy! Oh, the holy! Oh, you do. No, no, no, I'll do. That's not it. No, sir, it's not. Paralooza. We raise the land and that's better. Sit down there in that boat. Drop your alarm. Give me a hand, Captain Foster. Jump in here. Jump into you. No, you, Mr. Mitchell-born. Thank you, sir. Are you all right, you two? Why not? I'm all right, sir.

Keep your gun, drain on those bankers, haven't. As long as I get into that boat. Then I will keep a gun, I'll make them follow. Go ahead, all men. All right. Pull away. I'll call you in the fingers. Pull us. Hey, don't you're safe, Foster. And you, too, of course, Mr. Hombler. No thanks to you, however, I might add to Captain Hammond. After your passion, here at the Santa Barbara, a puff of wind took you on Zelphouse. We couldn't give up with you. Most interesting Captain Hammond. It called for Spaniard to save us from drowning. I thought I could rely on two brother captains. May I ask what Lord Imprainsam? I make no implications. Brothers may read implications of worst inputs, statements of fact. I consider that an offensive remark. I can rhetoric to all your perspectives. A parent lie shall have to send a friend to wait on you, sir. He will be welcome. I said amazed listening to the two British captains planning

to duel with each other on top of everything that had happened. They didn't speak to each other again. And Foster came off to the south beside me. For some time, we drifted along in silence. My thoughts went to my interrupted examination for Lieutenant. I had a wild hope. I had, after all, it seemed to me that I had rather well at night. And Captain Foster was certainly in a position to merit. I had, as I say, a wild hope. Finally, Foster spoke to me. Homeworld. Hi, Arthur. I shall have much to do before morning. You, sir, Mr. Homeworld, will carry out my order. Hi, Arthur. These prisoners. I want you to find someone who can speak their ringo and have it explained to them that I shall send them back to Cartagena under Cartel, Queen, without exchange. They saved our lives, and that's the least we can do in return. I think that's very just. Arthur, and you, my far-breathing friend, may I offer you my thanks?

Thank you, sir. You did well. Did I live beyond tomorrow? I shall see if the proper authorities are informed of your worthy action. Thank you, sir. And, sir, well, my examination for Lieutenant said, my certificate, and that particular examining board, will never be a symbol of those. You must wait your opportunity to go before another one. Sir, I, well, I thought possibly. Well, but, for sure, that in view of all that's happening, well, here, yourself, sir, said that I did all right tonight, sir. And, I mean, now, lucky here, Mr. Homeworld, the examination is a thing entirely separate from the events of this evening. Yes, sir. In the examination, best of my recollection, you were flattered back about to lose your spars and will do the trips under your lean. One moment, if you would have failed, it was the Spanish attack that saved you, isn't that so? I suppose it is quite righteous. Uh, then be thankful for small mercies. And, even more thankful for big ones, Mr. Homeworld.

I ask, I suppose you're right, sir, of course. Oh, well, I suppose that when I've acquired the viewpoint of a... Well, the two may be more completely different. But, then, sir, I suppose I can fully realize when I look back at... Well, on the whole, I was... Well, a very fortunate midshipman tonight, sir. The Horatio Honeblower, starring Michael Redgrave, is based on the novels by CS Farrister. Music composes and conducted by Sydney Torch, produced by Harry Allen Towers.

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