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Excerpt from Captain Herbert, Vol. 3 of 3: A Sea Story
Astraaa, as a sufferer by these events, than strange to have been needed on the part of the Scotch baronet, - who, after all, had merely looked on, while he egged the old admiral to rashness. Sir Charles's turn of mind was already known in a rough fashion throughout the Service. To the rude hearts of oak around, he and his never-failing inventions, his far-reaching schemes and restless scorn of old routine, were as yet still less accept able, than Whitehall and the Board of Admiralty had ever felt them. He had, to be sure, a gallant presence, and a rare charm of Speech; under whose spell Sir George Rodney had doubtless come, so as to raise him now to a prominence above re pression at head-quarters. Most likely, he might even have views on Captain Herbert, such as alone could account for this eagerness to talk before their courses parted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
