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Horatio Hornblower - Lydia Sinks The Natividad

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Call all hands, beat the quarters. Hello everyone. Stand by, let's have a better day. One broadside into it, please, Captain Bush. Points are on target. Prince Tufts ready. Eyes more, my name. Fire! Presenting Michael Redgrave as CS foresters in Dominable Man of the Sea, Horatio Hornblore.

A few years of past since that terrible day when the probability of death and defeat stared me in my face, I can close my eyes even now and feel again that exhaustion and faintness that I dare not let any man see. It was a nightmare pause in a nightmare battle. Two partially disabled ships tripping rapidly apart and each with no purpose, then to patch its wounds and to turn to destroy the other. I can see the negativity out again, now the scores cleared in sir. How does she bear? There are two points on the starboard pizza. Ah, there. No two. It's a bit lopsided without her forest. It seems there may be no attempts as yet to reckon you one. Well, as soon as we can get it and sail off, as we can beat the wind, everything will happen at our mercy.

We must try and do it before nightfall, Mr. Bush, and we may lose it all together in the dark. And now what's this? It's the funeral party, sir. Oh. They're already going out there. How many? Fourteen. Very well. Mr. Bush, have all hands up with it, but remain where they are. I intend no disrespect to the dead. But this ceremony must be swift or the living may be invented. Aye, I should. We therefore commit their bodies to the deep. I think we checked the leaks now, sir. To say this fathered under the bottom and seized to behold it. I've been able to release all but 20 men from the pumps.

Sure. Everything ready now for racing, the master. All ready, sir? All right. Now, Mr. Bush, it's important that nobody should haul or carry on the boat. I think we checked the leaks now, sir. To say this fathered under the bottom and seized to behold it. I've been able to release all but 20 men from the pumps. Sure. Everything ready now for racing, the master. Already, sir. All right. If the goal or carry on any movement, except my orders. I so glad he whoes the pitching of the ship I told him. He knows what he's doing off. I have to die! I'll take that. Oh! Oh! Oh! That's the winner! Oh!

He's in! A fast-esteem! You see that? Liberty, old man, he has the belt wind up. Show him up to the mark. Dig wind about a drop. He lays off. Call a nice time, Daddy. But I'm not making no mistakes, so I won't make no mistakes. I've never seen him make one. Oh, then he looked on it out. Here, water! Indeed, by the time the long and dangerous struggle with the master's over and it stood vertical at last, while the men fished it firmly to the stump of the old mism. Warning, the following Zippercruder radio spot you are about to hear is going to be filled with F words.

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I was beginning to find it difficult to concentrate upon anything. So that push had spoken twice before I could force myself to listen. I said sir, that it's a magnificent thing to work. Did you allow me to say so sir? Should I send up the top must and yards now sir? I fear that it will be useless to attempt to carry any canvas in this window and seems to push it. And the certificate is barely inside now. Just a smudge on the horizon sir. He does not put the yards over a new in the action until the wind takes off of it. Yes, I cannot imagine the admiral takes it in that statement in a report. But it's true enough sir. That did not develop. The weather's too rough to carry on the fight. Nevertheless, the report has been received with pitting smiles from Mr. Bush. The excuse is too old. Like the uncharted rock which always causes a wreck. The admiral takes 10,000 miles away and they can't judge the strength of his storm. It even though I should be accused of cowardice.

There's nothing I can do until the weather moderates. Though sure there's nothing. But in that case sir, why not take a rest? You look mortally tired sir. You think you do. Let me send it and have a burst. Squeeze it off you in the wardrobe. It'll stick to Mr. Bush. If you need a rest, just miss the starboard watch and go below and turn in. I'll be enemies inside. I shall stay on deck. But sir, I beg you. I gave you an order Mr. Bush. Good fellow Bush but a fool. A sentimental fool. He'd treat me like an old woman if I'd let him. I don't know how Lady Barber is getting on that. Oh, come find it. Yes, I do do. It's up to Stuart. Now, can't anybody leave me alone? Well, Paul, we all want you work. Well, I've been to attend to the lady, sir. I screamed off a bit of your all-up for us, sir. Your all-up? But the wounded are in that. Well, that mostly quiet now, sir. Well, I couldn't leave with my cable here. I've found the amic for him. She's...

She nicked him to him like a bird, sir. Took a bit of grub, too, and a glass of wine, she did. Oh, very good, Father. Well, now it stands the reason, sir. A frigate in the sea like this. And that's like luck before we've had it. Well, it's a bit rough on an eyeball, lady. This could find us out of that. And keep your opinions, there's an eyeball wheel. The eyeball lady joined the ship of her own free will, knowing that she was about to go into action. Hi, sir. Now, I don't use that. Here's some dry clothes and a chestnut store room. For you, the last broadside dump, everything in your cabin. I don't want any dry clothes. Of course you don't, sir. Now, I wouldn't suggest it, except in... Well, if it takes cold, sir. You won't be fit. We may catch it up within the pivoted. Well, then change up here, sir, or come below. No, no, no, look. If I just lashed this year, I'm a chair to the right, sir. You could sit there when you've changed. You have this biscuit in your arm, couldn't you, sir? Yes, sir. And this year, don't cloak or keep some of the spray off here.

But you won't have to leave the deck. Oh, will. You presume you need to give me orders. Order, sir. Me? I hope so knows my place, sir. It's all right, Mr. Bush, sir. You can turn in now. Captain's in his chair and sleeping like a daddy, sir. Good heavens, I must have dosed off. What time is it, I wonder? Impossible, it's after midnight. As black as the Earl of Hell's riding boots. Hmm, fierce to me as though the weather's improving. Let's have a look at the bellicoff. Ah, Mr. Bush. Wind shift in southerly and moderated, sir. Wish there's a bit of starlight even. I can't see a thing. But if it had might be 20 miles away, it had only 200 yards. Sir, doubt she's close.

She was going away to Lillard Bradford. Let me know. You've got to cut it out all that appears to your need in this weather. What do you think you'll do, sir? That fellow Crestbroke commands her no fool. I believe he'll fight. Well, boy, listen to you. You can get him to the Gulf of Font Seeker and read that. He'd like us to follow him into the Gulf. So he'd have the advantage of the shore better as well. But he can't make much say in his cripple condition, sir. But he, if he could, the wind is wrong for getting to the Gulf. And observe that fact, Mr. Bush. I believe he'll reach far out to sea and close out with as far as he can. I shall return to my chair until daylight and attempt to work out what it'd like there to be his position at dawn. Ah, yes, sir. Morning, sir. She's going down Falser and the wind's taken off. So will be up in ten minutes. Yes, we'll make sail a little business. Bush, here is the course you want to sail. But as I gave the course, I knew that it was sheer guesswork.

Every yard I sailed might be away from my favorite dad. Well, she, you hardly had to save it. My heart was heavy with misgiving. But I knew that if I had failed, there would be many who would attribute that failure to incompetence or cowardice. As the sun lifted over the horizon, I paced the quarter deck with every appearance of unconcerned. Determined not to allow anyone to guess at the doubts and fears which are tormented there. When the light should be sufficient for the masthead look out to scam a horizon, I might be justified or rude enough.

And even my resolution to remain calm must have wavered when my gloomy thoughts could pierce by a mild cry from a locked. We found her, sir. We found her. You are right against her. Look, sir. You can see her from here with the glass. Get ahead. Ah. Ah, she's coming around, sir. She's running away. As Crespo wishes to postpone action, he prefers discretion to her works, and quite rightly, Mr. Bush. However, set every stitch we can carry, send the hands to breakfast. If we engage, there's no telling when they'll eat again. We'll be able to. Aye, aye, sir. Hands to break forth. We're gaining, sir. She'll not again away this time. We're going right out of the water. Never underestimate your department, Mr. Bush. Those 24 pounds of hers are heavy metal. We have a sip, which is leaking like a sieve, as it makes it wrink and is 64 men short. And our firing force is far inferior to earth. You think the wind's going to hose her? Seems to me as if the sun's swallowing it.

Oh, I should get it mighty hot, too. If we just are luck to lose the wind now, I can't do that anymore. Aye, you at the wheel. Oh, here's smooth last year. I can't do it again, your pardon? Bring enough wind. Jammy, he's right. The wind has gone, sir. I never let sky. It's like brass. I did not get calm and well out of range. We will tow with the boat. I have the launch from Qatar, hoist it out. Don't say. Because it's true. Launch it's true. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Oh, then, man. You've got a hard task, but it must be done. You've got to pull. Pull till your muscles crack in your hands first. I'll get you clothes up and pull naked. I'll have you relieved in an hour. Now. Pull. Oh, together that is way.

Look at that, Mr. Jarrett. That puffer spoke from the Tavitai. Yes, you carry two long 18s off. We're going to run the gauntlet of those for the next hour. That was nearer. That pretty yacht of our stop at quarter. Mr. Jarrett, ask Mr. Marsh to see what he can do with the long nine on our folks. I know it's not much use, but don't cheer the men to feel that we're replying. My eyes up. Please read in wedding. Very good, Mr. Marsh. Show them some shooting. Then buy a gun, too. Give me the gun. You can't believe the sound of it. Very good. Try again. Here comes some more, fellas. That one got us just above the waterline, followed. Oh, well done, Mr. Marsh. Right alongside her. Hello.

What do you have to do, sir? About to put you above the ground. Yes, Mr. Bush, we so now have 25 guns trained on us instead of two. She's positioning for the roadside. We should have some pebbles about our years there, longads. Let's show them the Englishman. Don't care. Oh, yes! There about shooting. Not more than two hits. Mr. Galbrake, at that main gun state, spice directly. Hey, sir. Mr. Bush, about distance for two. Would you say she is now? Or three parts of a mile, I'd say, sir? So I think I fear our candidates will not be affected at that distance. Relieved about scrutiny, see a freshman can pull us nearer. It was intolerable there, hot. The smell of pitch. The smell of pitch from the deck scenes. A bitter tang of powder and the smell of the blood from the wounded.

Combined with my fatigue and anxiety to make me feel deadly sick. I fear to disgrace myself by being sick in front of a man. They too, no longer joke to the guns. They were beginning to sulk and the punishment. It was a bad sign. Sullivan! Sir, yes, Sullivan. You, your fiddle? I, sir, have I heard that when we'll have a hornpipe. Ben skin, horn, macaboy. A hornpipe for me, sir. And a gimme for the man that does his best. On my words, Mr. Gillard. This will be a tale, told and re-towed in years to come. How kept it horn, bro? I had a hip-towedy direction. With hornpipes being jostled and have made it. What?

Hold her. The mold untenated. A short smash did the pieces? Pack your survivors up quickly to see us full of shocks. It started on the hill. EndMake yourself up. Go after the guards. All in the world. Now, Mr. Gillard, we should begin to swing around. You may open fire first. first as your guns were. Thank you, sir. Cocker locks there. Take it in. Ah! Get them on the other hands. I'll bring them to them. Sir, the captain ought now a servant. Mr. Holl sent me. Yes, well. Stop it, sir. I'm not brought to pieces. Oh, my boy. Well, he's leaving another one, sir, but it'll be an arm before it works. He told me to take him to the waters, gaining a little something. Very well. Please, sir. There was 14 men all knocked to smash at the pump. A lot of them, sir. I see one man, too. Tell no, boy. I'm back to Mr. Holl and tell him captain is sure that he will do his rest.

Ah, sir. There's too much smoke to see, probably. But it's my belief. We've hit a hard job. Confirm this smoke is like being in a fog. Ah, custle. What is it? I think I can feel a very like an airplane. Yes, I believe it is. Ah, look at that. Look. A smoke blowing away, sir. Ooh. Just look at the certificate. Oh, she's all right. There's only others in must standing. Freaking all round, like a date. And over there's great hole in the side. They drink and brought that into the world there. She's low in the water, but she's still fighting where I haven't. Oh, no. We'll be on a show. The closer we are, the quicker we finish it. And stand by for the new borders. Oh, but get an A. No, with great shots. No, look at them. So, keep the fuck so. They go into tight borders. Hell, here they go. Hell, here they go. Hell, here they go. Hell, here they go. Ah. We've been cleaned.

A thousand muskets rolled, smack it with. She's pleased. There's no two left. No two left. She's fired. She's fired. The curse for the hallway. Well, this is under. Never. I sleep on this 15-inch land. You're most of the number. You've done all that great men can do. Can't fly you fool. You're sips on fire. This is under one chance. No, fah. Man's mad, Mr. Bush, with the call-off, who we should catch for, too. Band of the bases, though. Fire, hebser. Look at those flames. He's fired on himself. I think not, Mr. Bush. It was our guns at point length range. You'll burn like a fire. Oh, sinking. She's going down. Fire! He's gone, though. I am. Vanished, although she'd never been. You will join me in a salute to a very gallant enemy, Mr. Bush.

Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Horatio Hornblower, starring Michael Redgrave, is based on the novels by CS Forester. Music composed and conducted by Sydney Torch. Produced by Harry Allen Towers.

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