Passage to Mutiny
“Bolitho leaned over the stern bench and stared emptily through the thick windows, his vision twisting and swirling as the rain swept across the water and pounded over the deck above. He heard feet hurrying to various parts of his ship, men watching over sun-dried cordage to ensure it did not swell enough to foul the blocks. Others would be collecting the rain-water to supplement their stocks.
He sat down wearily, letting the vessel move his body without resistance. In his screened sleeping ...compartment he could hear Hugoe, the wardroom servant, completing his tidying, collecting clothing to be washed.
Herrick had suggested several men who would be willing or suitable to replace Orlando. But Bolitho could not bear the thought of beginning again. Not yet. Hugoe was always in demand in the wardroom, and was grateful to be freed from the cabin, and its brooding captain, he suspected.
Rain gurgled down the scuppers or pattered happily across the sealed skylight.MoreLess
He sat down wearily, letting the vessel move his body without resistance. In his screened sleeping ...compartment he could hear Hugoe, the wardroom servant, completing his tidying, collecting clothing to be washed.
Herrick had suggested several men who would be willing or suitable to replace Orlando. But Bolitho could not bear the thought of beginning again. Not yet. Hugoe was always in demand in the wardroom, and was grateful to be freed from the cabin, and its brooding captain, he suspected.
Rain gurgled down the scuppers or pattered happily across the sealed skylight.MoreLess
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