Fic: Letter from Hell - reply from Evan Nepean Esq, Secretary to The Admiralty

[anteros_lmc]

AUTHOR: Anteros
CHARACTERS: Evan Nepean, Simpson, Kennedy, Hornblower, Pellew
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 350

Sir,

Your recent missive has been brought to their Lordships' attention by Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower of His Majesty's ship Indefatigable. I regret to inform you that correspondence between deceased and serving officers is highly irregular

Comments

[eglantine_br]

Whoo Hooo!! Fiery missives from the infernal regions will not be tolorated! That is right.

And I liked the reference to 'Acting Lieutenant Kennedy'

Stuff that somewhere Jack!

[anteros_lmc]

Fiery missives from the infernal regions will not be tolorated!
The Admiralty is very strict about these things!

[julian_griffith]

*giggling madly*

[anteros_lmc]

MIssion accomplished! XD

[bluejayfic]

Yes! This!

[anteros_lmc]

Hehe! This indeed :)

[eglantine_br]

May I say again, and louder, how much I love this. The Navy is very committed to fire prevention, as Mr Simpson should well know.

This is just so perfect. And of course I had to look up Shovell.

[anteros_lmc]

Thank you m'dear!

Incidentally Sir Cloudesley Shovell was played by Lt Bracegirdle in the film adaptation of Longitude. I've been looking for a screencap but haven't managed to find one yet.

[sarah_lynn_b]

Heh! This was pretty funny. I liked the part about the letter causing a conflagration on Pellew's desk. I'm sure he wasn't happy about THAT!

[anteros_lmc]

Thank you! And yes, Sir Edward was most distressed by the conflagration ;)