[OOC] Quotes
The Even Chance
Midshipman (H.M.S. Justinian, H.M.S. Indefatigable)
"Welcome to Purgatory!"
"His majesty's ship of the line Justinian, known elsewise among her intimates as the good ship Slough of Despond."
"You've heard the latest rumours of course, that King Louis the XVI was captured just before Christmas. What do you think they'll do with him? You can't kill a king!"
"Did you see me? Did you see? We carried her by boarding, I killed two! Well... one, certainly..."
The Wrong War/Frogs and the Lobsters
Acting Lieutenant (H.M.S. Indefatigable)
"From acting lieutenant to commander of a dung cart. My career's looking up."
"Keep your head or you will lose it!"
"A fine thing to die in someone else's war."
The Duchess and the Devil
Spanish Prisoner of War (Port of El Ferrol)
Kennedy: I was having a fit wasn't I?
[a beat]
Kennedy: Strange, I never had any trouble with them... until you came.
Kennedy: [frightened] I will not go back to The Indy, do not ask me!
Kennedy: No walk for you today, Horatio. A pity, you walk with such lovely company.
Hornblower: Do you have a sweetheart in England, Archie?
[no response]
Hornblower: Archie?
[no response]
Hornblower: [more worried] Archie?
[he runs over to Archie and pats his face]
Hornblower: [calling out] Archie!
[runs to the door and bangs on it]
Hornblower: Guard! Guard! Hunter, call for help.
M'Man Hunter: Why?
Hornblower: [races back over to Kennedy, and tries to wake him] Archie? What's happening to him?
M'Man Hunter: Starvation.
Hornblower: We gave him the same rations as ours.
M'Man Hunter: He didn't eat them.
Hornblower: But why?
[pause]
Hornblower: Why didn't you tell me this before?
[carries Archie inside and places him in bed]
Hornblower: Archie, why did you do this?
Duchess of Wharfedale: [enters the room] What's happened to him?
Hornblower: [upset] He's been starving himself! And I haven't noticed- I didn't notice because I was carrying on conversations on clifftops.
Kennedy: [seemingly conscious, to the Duchess] The crow o' earth doth melt. My lord! O, wither'd is the garland of the war...
Hornblower: Archie, what are you saying?
Duchess of Wharfedale: Sssh... just rest.
Kennedy: Are level now with men; the odds is gone, and there is nothing left remarkable beneath the visting moon.
Hornblower: What is he saying?
Duchess of Wharfedale: He's delirious.
Hornblower: No, it wasn't like that. It was from something.
Hornblower: How are you, Archie?
Kennedy: Hungry.
Hornblower: Great, I will have the innkeeper send you some food. Ham and eggs, possibly. Some trout...
Kennedy: Horatio, there is something I have to tell you...
Hornblower: Oh, don't you worry about anything. Let's just get you back your feet, eh?
Kennedy: The duchess isn't a duchess. Cleopatra laying at Mark Antony's feet, maybe. Cleopatra, Macbeth, Gertrude. But she is no duchess.
Hornblower: Archie, what are you talking about?
Kennedy: She is an actress. Her name is Catherine Cobham.
Hornblower: You're mistaken.
Kennedy: No, I'm not. Drury Lane was once my home, and I had saw her performed. Mark my words, Horatio. She is an actress.
Mutiny/Retribution
4th Lieutenant (H.M.S. Renown)
"It's not history that concerns me, Horatio. It's the future. It's far more uncertain."
"A hit, a palpable hit!" (quoting Hamlet)
Kennedy: I remember a time you used to be afraid of heights.
Hornblower: Nothing's changed, Mr. Kennedy.
Hornblower: [in the middle of a suicide mission to blow up a Spanish fort] What are you doing here? Are you mad?
Kennedy: Quite possibly, but we thought you could use the company!
"Poor Horatio, so quick to give, so slow to accept the simplest gift."
Archie's last words: "You see? Better already."
Midshipman (H.M.S. Justinian, H.M.S. Indefatigable)
"Welcome to Purgatory!"
"His majesty's ship of the line Justinian, known elsewise among her intimates as the good ship Slough of Despond."
"You've heard the latest rumours of course, that King Louis the XVI was captured just before Christmas. What do you think they'll do with him? You can't kill a king!"
"Did you see me? Did you see? We carried her by boarding, I killed two! Well... one, certainly..."
The Wrong War/Frogs and the Lobsters
Acting Lieutenant (H.M.S. Indefatigable)
"From acting lieutenant to commander of a dung cart. My career's looking up."
"Keep your head or you will lose it!"
"A fine thing to die in someone else's war."
The Duchess and the Devil
Spanish Prisoner of War (Port of El Ferrol)
Kennedy: I was having a fit wasn't I?
[a beat]
Kennedy: Strange, I never had any trouble with them... until you came.
Kennedy: [frightened] I will not go back to The Indy, do not ask me!
Kennedy: No walk for you today, Horatio. A pity, you walk with such lovely company.
Hornblower: Do you have a sweetheart in England, Archie?
[no response]
Hornblower: Archie?
[no response]
Hornblower: [more worried] Archie?
[he runs over to Archie and pats his face]
Hornblower: [calling out] Archie!
[runs to the door and bangs on it]
Hornblower: Guard! Guard! Hunter, call for help.
M'Man Hunter: Why?
Hornblower: [races back over to Kennedy, and tries to wake him] Archie? What's happening to him?
M'Man Hunter: Starvation.
Hornblower: We gave him the same rations as ours.
M'Man Hunter: He didn't eat them.
Hornblower: But why?
[pause]
Hornblower: Why didn't you tell me this before?
[carries Archie inside and places him in bed]
Hornblower: Archie, why did you do this?
Duchess of Wharfedale: [enters the room] What's happened to him?
Hornblower: [upset] He's been starving himself! And I haven't noticed- I didn't notice because I was carrying on conversations on clifftops.
Kennedy: [seemingly conscious, to the Duchess] The crow o' earth doth melt. My lord! O, wither'd is the garland of the war...
Hornblower: Archie, what are you saying?
Duchess of Wharfedale: Sssh... just rest.
Kennedy: Are level now with men; the odds is gone, and there is nothing left remarkable beneath the visting moon.
Hornblower: What is he saying?
Duchess of Wharfedale: He's delirious.
Hornblower: No, it wasn't like that. It was from something.
Hornblower: How are you, Archie?
Kennedy: Hungry.
Hornblower: Great, I will have the innkeeper send you some food. Ham and eggs, possibly. Some trout...
Kennedy: Horatio, there is something I have to tell you...
Hornblower: Oh, don't you worry about anything. Let's just get you back your feet, eh?
Kennedy: The duchess isn't a duchess. Cleopatra laying at Mark Antony's feet, maybe. Cleopatra, Macbeth, Gertrude. But she is no duchess.
Hornblower: Archie, what are you talking about?
Kennedy: She is an actress. Her name is Catherine Cobham.
Hornblower: You're mistaken.
Kennedy: No, I'm not. Drury Lane was once my home, and I had saw her performed. Mark my words, Horatio. She is an actress.
Mutiny/Retribution
4th Lieutenant (H.M.S. Renown)
"It's not history that concerns me, Horatio. It's the future. It's far more uncertain."
"A hit, a palpable hit!" (quoting Hamlet)
Kennedy: I remember a time you used to be afraid of heights.
Hornblower: Nothing's changed, Mr. Kennedy.
Hornblower: [in the middle of a suicide mission to blow up a Spanish fort] What are you doing here? Are you mad?
Kennedy: Quite possibly, but we thought you could use the company!
"Poor Horatio, so quick to give, so slow to accept the simplest gift."
Archie's last words: "You see? Better already."