Losing Nelson (2011)
“I think I must already have known then, as June drew to a close and summer green thickened the hedges of the gardens, known in my heart, that this issue would not be listed among the victories, for Horatio or me. I was trying to set him securely in bluff and hearty Mahan’s embrace, save him from the clutches of spiteful Badham, who addressed the preface to his Nelson and Ruffo from the Reform Club in Pall Mall in October 1904, a creature for whom preserving Horatio’s honour mattered little.
When Miss Lily arrived on Friday evening, June the twenty-seventh (the day Ruffo, under the illusion or in the pretence that the treaty was to be honoured, celebrated his mass of thanksgiving at the Carmine church in Naples), I was utterly weary with all these speculations. Moreover, I had neglected to eat that day, although, knowing she was coming, I had shaved and made an effort to tidy myself up. The house was not in good order. Mrs. Watson, perhaps demoralized by the fact that I avoided communi...cating with her except in the form of notes, was not doing such a thorough job as she had in my father’s time; there was a dustiness and unkemptness about the place, which I was sure Miss Lily noticed, though so far she had not remarked upon it.MoreLess
When Miss Lily arrived on Friday evening, June the twenty-seventh (the day Ruffo, under the illusion or in the pretence that the treaty was to be honoured, celebrated his mass of thanksgiving at the Carmine church in Naples), I was utterly weary with all these speculations. Moreover, I had neglected to eat that day, although, knowing she was coming, I had shaved and made an effort to tidy myself up. The house was not in good order. Mrs. Watson, perhaps demoralized by the fact that I avoided communi...cating with her except in the form of notes, was not doing such a thorough job as she had in my father’s time; there was a dustiness and unkemptness about the place, which I was sure Miss Lily noticed, though so far she had not remarked upon it.MoreLess
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