Thursday, January 25, 2018

First Lines: C.S. Forester - Lieutenant Hornblower


Lieutenant William Bush came on board M.M.S. Renown as she lay at anchor at the Hamoaze and reported himself to the officer of the watch, who was a tall and rather gangling individual with hollow cheeks and a melancholy cast of countenance, whose uniform looked as if it had been put on in the dark and not readjusted since.

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