Ramage's Challenge (1986)
“Because she was French-built, the Calypso would almost certainly be identified as a French national ship by the thick-headed lookouts, and in any case, to most of them ships with more than one mast were the same. A single frigate was therefore unlikely to cause an alarm: her very course and obvious destination— Leghorn or Genoa on the mainland, Porto Vecchio or Bastia in Corsica—made it obvious that her voyage was routine.
With the sky clearing and the Calypso’s bow not shouldering up spray, th...e frigate now looked more like a laundry than a ship-o’-war. Ramage had given permission for lines to be rigged so the men could hang up their wet clothes. The sailmaker had carefully unrolled a bolt of canvas, one end of which had been soaked by a random deck leak, and draped it across three guns; left in its rack, the cloth would breed mildew on a hot day.
Ramage had read the Admiralty’s secret orders once again, reflected on parole—which had concerned Southwick—and realized that if all the prisoners had given their parole, none could be rescued, and the Calypsos would have risked their lives for nothing.MoreLess
With the sky clearing and the Calypso’s bow not shouldering up spray, th...e frigate now looked more like a laundry than a ship-o’-war. Ramage had given permission for lines to be rigged so the men could hang up their wet clothes. The sailmaker had carefully unrolled a bolt of canvas, one end of which had been soaked by a random deck leak, and draped it across three guns; left in its rack, the cloth would breed mildew on a hot day.
Ramage had read the Admiralty’s secret orders once again, reflected on parole—which had concerned Southwick—and realized that if all the prisoners had given their parole, none could be rescued, and the Calypsos would have risked their lives for nothing.MoreLess
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