Admiral Sir John Jervis, Lord St Vincent and commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean fleet, sat back in his chair and considered matters for a moment. King used the brief pause to look about; he had been in so few first rates, and Victory's great cabin was certainly one to remember. Stout beams, ...
Less than seventeen men had been affected, with no new cases reported in over a week. Shore leave was out of the question, although that was more due to the risk of desertion than concern for the illness aboard, and Scylla required nothing in stores or supplies apart from rosin and oil of cloves....
Kate told them earnestly, as their small cart wound along the unmade track. “Despite his Christian beliefs.” Julia resisted the instinct to laugh out loud as she could see the captain's wife was taking Kate's comments in all seriousness. Neither of the women were particularly well known to her, a...
Manning said, as he followed the duty loblolly boy into the sick berth. “He is indeed, sir,” Wells agreed. “Miss Kinnison's with him now. But then there ain't so much time as she's not with one or other of the patients,” he added, and Manning noted that considerably more respect was now being pai...
After the strong daylight the darkness of the orlop made Wilson's features indistinct at first. “One of my men can have a look at it, if y'like, else I'll be with you presently.” King nodded, like every man on board he knew the protocol in treating the injured and, despite the nearness of t...