http://faerye.net/post/the-galleonComments on "The Galleon" - Faerye Net2004-03-31T18:47:11+00:00http://faerye.net/post/the-galleon#comment-1128Re: Aubrey and Maturin, Take Two2004-03-31T18:47:11+00:002004-03-31T18:47:11+00:00<p>MWAHAHAHAHA! I have conquered the Captain at last! Of course, I’ll probably lose him again very soon—how can I long traverse the straight and narrow road of the possible?</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/the-galleon#comment-1127Aubrey and Maturin, Take Two2004-03-31T11:36:14+00:002004-03-31T11:36:14+00:00<p>‘Good day to you, Aubrey! I have here another letter from that dear Mrs. Whelan. She sends her very best. Please to read her latest story.’</p>
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‘Well now, what have we here? A talking bird?’
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‘Damn you, Aubrey, read on, read on. Do you see how well she describes <i>Eckbert’s Palace</i>? Why, I daresay she has succeeded in rendering a positively nautical description of that fine ship!’
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‘Indeed, indeed. Yes, positively nautical; a fine ship it must be. But I’ll have you know, Maturin - and Lord knows I should not have to tell <i>you</i> this - gulls cannot talk!’
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‘Of course I know that, Jack. Why, if I am not mistaken, she says as much in the story. But you are missing the point, I think. I will leave you now; I must attend to my patient.’
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‘Please to send Mrs. Whelan my compliments, and ask her if she had not considered a parrot instead of a gull?’
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‘Yes, Jack. Of course.’
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