So Much to Learn

[eglantine_br]

Title: So much to learn
Author Eglantine_br
Rating G

It is canon in the world of POB that Barret Bondon was born beneath the great guns of the Indy. I hope he will forgive being placed somewhere less splendid, for the sake of fiction.

This is set in the first week of Horatio’s Naval endeavors.

Justinian, SpitheadOver the last week

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[nodbear]

First commenter - good :) cot want to say what a grand crossover -ish story ! beautifully done - have missed your style and presence - feels good to be readng a new eglantine again

yes - babies at sea - and this transposed one _ its truly good dramatic licence but I think Bondon would be glad he got the Indy and not the Justinian in his
'real' life :)

Ah -those mystery women of the Indy and their unrecorded lives ! There are some babies certainly born in the 1790s who have at baptism the middle name Pellew, whose fathers are sailors, and I think it is a fair bet that some of them were born afloat and baptised when they got into port .Its also a fair bet that they may well have been given a little start in life with a shilling or two for their mothers - Ned loved kids - his own and everyone else's cubs.

Thank you and how good to set it in Horatio's first week - that is just so right ! and clever Archie and his innocent friend Horatio and all that Archie is already protecting his friend from .and oh -that small high up dissociated Archie -he does make ones heart ache so - even though we know in your universe he has an ultimately bright future.

Thanks for enriching a wet and rainy morning here in England.

[eglantine_br]

Did they baptize them in the bell back then? I was not sure how far back that went.

I like the idea that there might be some small money given to her for the baby. I expect the sailors might knit a thing or two as well.

This one was fun to write, with Horatio calmly accepting, and poor harassed Eccleston!

[bauhiniakapok]

Sailors knitting baby hats and onesies - now that is an adorable picture!