YA - Chapter Five - other characters

[ylla]

Some were racing, some were merely having fun, moving with wonderful ease and certainty. The midshipmen on the other hand - using the term in its widest sense from master's mate right down to first class volunteer: the 'young gentlemen' as a whole - kept to the starboard side, either on the quarterdeck itself, which was their right, or along the

Comments

[esteven]

Oh dear, skylarking again! It had been given as a cause of death more than once in the Naval Chronicles.

Geoghegan, such a promising middie, one that Jack also cared about. Jack picked the boy up and carried him into the great cabin, tears running down his face.

[alltoseek]

Didn't even make it out of the chapter *shakes head sadly*

Although he wasn't that promising a seaman - never could coil down a rope like a Christian...

A very promising oboe, though D:

[esteven]

Happens!
You always have tomorrow to read and comment. ;D

[alltoseek]

I meant the boy didn't make it out. Introduced and killed off all in one :(

[eglantine_br]

I think the sense of warmth and love is the best thing in Aubreyad. I think of the scene in the movie where P. Calmay comes back aboard and Bondon says "I caught a fish."

Same in this passage. Love it.

[esteven]

*nods*
The movie has caught many emotions of the books, not so much in the literal "translation" to the screen but in the sentiment itself. They do look out for each other, officers and ship's company alike.

[sidlj]

*nods* A ship is a community, and a happy ship needs its jokes and larks.