Ramage At Trafalgar (2013)
“How long before we get into warmer weather?”
“That Italian blood ’o yours has been thinned out with too much wine,” Jackson said unsympathetically. “Cadiz isn’t very far south: won’t be much warmer than here.”
“Al diavolo!” Rossi swore. “We’ll be there all winter blockading these stronzi. They don’t intend to come out and fight. Why should they – safely anchored in Cadiz, yards sent down, sails stowed below for the rats to eat, whores waiting in the streets…”
“Rosey’s getting bloodthirsty,” Sta...fford commented.
“Your mother’s cooking,” Rossi said amiably.
“Yus, she fed our plump friend like he was a chicken bein’ fattened for Christmas,” Stafford said proudly, his Cockney accent sounding hard when compared with Rossi’s deeper Genoese accent.
“I warned Rosey what would happen if he went home with you for his leave,” Jackson said.
“We ’ad a good time, didn’t we Rosey! Even had ’im admitting London ale was as good as wine. Mind you, by then ’e couldn’t tell gin from ’oly water.”MoreLess
“That Italian blood ’o yours has been thinned out with too much wine,” Jackson said unsympathetically. “Cadiz isn’t very far south: won’t be much warmer than here.”
“Al diavolo!” Rossi swore. “We’ll be there all winter blockading these stronzi. They don’t intend to come out and fight. Why should they – safely anchored in Cadiz, yards sent down, sails stowed below for the rats to eat, whores waiting in the streets…”
“Rosey’s getting bloodthirsty,” Sta...fford commented.
“Your mother’s cooking,” Rossi said amiably.
“Yus, she fed our plump friend like he was a chicken bein’ fattened for Christmas,” Stafford said proudly, his Cockney accent sounding hard when compared with Rossi’s deeper Genoese accent.
“I warned Rosey what would happen if he went home with you for his leave,” Jackson said.
“We ’ad a good time, didn’t we Rosey! Even had ’im admitting London ale was as good as wine. Mind you, by then ’e couldn’t tell gin from ’oly water.”MoreLess
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