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211 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

--- Stolzi@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 3/24/00 1:33:40 PM Central Standard > Time, > ray@RM58.FREESERVE.CO.UK writes: > > > I don't think that "who him ?" is an "authorial > scribble" at all. > > > > I have heard , and indeed have used the phrase a > number of times,(along > with > > "Who he ?"), when an unrecognised name crops up in > the conversation. > > I've heard of it too, but I wond ...

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Message Date:	2000-03-26 18:24:33 UTC

212 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL, SPOILERS -- rank: 873

Oh, my memory! It was not Mr. Hinksey whom Clarissa married, but a clergyman of a commonplace name--Mr. Peters? I'm still astounded by the abruptness of this marriage and the total lack of any explanation or background. I, too, wonder just how much about her background Clarissa told her husband. Gerry Strey Madison, Wisconsin

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Message Date:	2000-03-25 20:20:06 UTC

213 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL, SPOILERS -- rank: 873

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 Stolzi@AOL.COM wrote: > It's the long happy voyage to Madeira, with all its pleasures - I felt > perhaps (growing conscious of mortality) he put that in as a "vale," a > graceful elegiac farewell should this prove to be the last he book > finished.... and then the sudden cric-crac! reversal which slams us back into > the world of history and presents Jack Aubrey with delightful possibilities. stuff follows below I particularly liked the concise ...

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Message Date:	2000-03-25 20:14:35 UTC

214 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

Perhaps Jack Aubrey laid in a few supplies from the cellars of Mr Eyre, wine merchant of Funchal, whose legacy later proved so useful to his long lost, impoverished niece, Jane Eyre... For intelligence, there is nothing like a keen-witted, handsome woman, Mary S  35° 58' 11" N  86° 48' 57" W

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Message Date:	2000-03-25 18:29:19 UTC

215 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

In a message dated 3/24/00 8:11:59 PM Central Standard Time, Batrinque@AOL.COM writes: > A grand ending to be sure It's the long happy voyage to Madeira, with all its pleasures - I felt perhaps (growing conscious of mortality) he put that in as a "vale," a graceful elegiac farewell should this prove to be the last he book finished.... and then the sudden cric-crac! reversal which slams us back into the world of history and presents Jack Aubrey with delightful possibiliti ...

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216 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

In a message dated 3/24/2000 6:11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, Batrinque@AOL.COM writes: > A grand ending to be sure, but (assuming you are reading the books in order) > I think I can promise you one more ending which you will find even more > satisfying. > > Bruce Trinque, which he won't tell which one, even if you put bamboo splints > under his fingernails or maybe even bribe him with a new book    How about a White Castle Burger and fries?      David

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Message Date:	2000-03-25 16:39:27 UTC

217 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

In a message dated 3/24/00 8:58:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, Stolzi@AOL.COM writes: << What a grand ending, the best ending since LETTER OF MARQUE!  Ah tutti contenti saremo cosi, >> A grand ending to be sure, but (assuming you are reading the books in order) I think I can promise you one more ending which you will find even more satisfying. Bruce Trinque, which he won't tell which one, even if you put bamboo splints under his fingernails or maybe even bribe him with a new bo ...

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218 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

In a message dated 3/24/00 1:33:40 PM Central Standard Time, ray@RM58.FREESERVE.CO.UK writes: > I don't think that "who him ?" is an "authorial scribble" at all. > > I have heard , and indeed have used the phrase a number of times,(along with > "Who he ?"), when an unrecognised name crops up in the conversation. I've heard of it too, but I wonder if it would have been around at that date. Still a sad, brutish grobian, Mary S  35° 58' 11&q ...

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219 THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

What a grand ending, the best ending since LETTER OF MARQUE! Ah tutti contenti saremo cosi, Mary S  35° 58' 11" N  86° 48' 57" W

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220 Re: THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

I don't think that "who him ?" is an "authorial scribble" at all. I have heard , and indeed have used the phrase a number of times,(along with "Who he ?"), when an unrecognised name crops up in the conversation. I might guess that the origins of the phrase are in pidgin English, but we'd need someone with the erudition of Anthony Clover to affirm that. > On p.44 of the Norton paperback I found this. Jack gives a long description > of some Naval persona ...

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221 THE YELLOW ADMIRAL -- rank: 873

On p.44 of the Norton paperback I found this. Jack gives a long description of some Naval personage or other and Stephen replies, most oddly: "Who him?" This is rather like the "Plays." quote we discussed awhile ago. It looks like left-over authorial or editorial scribbles - perhaps Mary's? One wonders if the publishers got so satisfied with their reliable author that they started just sending the manuscript along to the typesetters with barely a glance. A sad, ...

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Message Date:	2000-03-23 19:53:16 UTC

222 Re: Question on The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, James R. Brohinsky wrote: > The French supported an invasion of Ireland, to land in Bantry Bay. An army > commanded by Lazare Hoche was intended to support a rising of the United > Irishmen. The expedition included Wolfe Tone, who was meant to form a > pro-French Irish Government. Thanks, Jim! POB does mention the grounding of the Droits de l'Homme and the Amazon. Chris Moseley Graduate student, Mathematics moseleyc@math.unc.edu UNC Chapel H ...

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Message Date:	2000-03-13 15:27:03 UTC

223 Re: Question on The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

On 13 Mar 00, at 0:11, Chris Moseley wrote: > On p. 109 in my Norton paperback edition, Harding tells the story of > the _Droits de l'Homme_, a French seventy-four connected with a failed > expedition to Ireland in 1796. What was that expedition? What > purpose did it serve? While its original purpose is lost in the mists of history, the result of this expedition is still being felt in the Gunroom. After being blown off course by a hurricane, the _Droits de l'Homme_ made lan ...

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224 Re: Question on The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

The French supported an invasion of Ireland, to land in Bantry Bay. An army commanded by Lazare Hoche was intended to support a rising of the United Irishmen. The expedition included Wolfe Tone, who was meant to form a pro-French Irish Government. To skip over a bunch of details, the invasion failed, and few French ships made it home. The Droits de l'Homme, nearly made it home, but was jumped by the Indefatigable, commanded by Edward Pellew, in company with a smaller Frigate. (Amazon, ...

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225 Question on The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

I have a question for the learned members of the Gunroom, concerning The Yellow Admiral. (Yes, it's a POB question, and not about food!) No real spoilers involved. On p. 109 in my Norton paperback edition, Harding tells the story of the _Droits de l'Homme_, a French seventy-four connected with a failed expedition to Ireland in 1796. What was that expedition? What purpose did it serve? Chris Moseley Graduate student, Mathematics moseleyc@math.unc.edu UNC Chapel Hill ...

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Message Date:	2000-03-13 05:13:07 UTC