To Glory We Steer
“He did not need either chart or telescope now. It was like a homecoming.
The small island of Antigua had crept up over the horizon in the dawn’s light, and now sprawled abeam shimmering in the forenoon sunlight.
Bolitho felt the old excitement of a perfect landfall coursing through his limbs, and he had to make himself continue in his interrupted pacing, if only to control it. Five weeks to a day since the Phalarope had showed her stern to the mist and rain of Cornwall. Two weeks since ...the clash with the privateer, and as he looked quickly along his ship he felt a quick upsurge of pride. All repairs had been completed, and the remaining wounded were well on the mend. The death roll had risen to thirty-five, but the sudden entry into warmer air, with sun and fresh breezes instead of damp and blustering wind, had worked wonders.
The frigate was gliding gently on the port tack, making a perfect pair above her own reflection in the deep blue water.MoreLess
The small island of Antigua had crept up over the horizon in the dawn’s light, and now sprawled abeam shimmering in the forenoon sunlight.
Bolitho felt the old excitement of a perfect landfall coursing through his limbs, and he had to make himself continue in his interrupted pacing, if only to control it. Five weeks to a day since the Phalarope had showed her stern to the mist and rain of Cornwall. Two weeks since ...the clash with the privateer, and as he looked quickly along his ship he felt a quick upsurge of pride. All repairs had been completed, and the remaining wounded were well on the mend. The death roll had risen to thirty-five, but the sudden entry into warmer air, with sun and fresh breezes instead of damp and blustering wind, had worked wonders.
The frigate was gliding gently on the port tack, making a perfect pair above her own reflection in the deep blue water.MoreLess
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