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31 Re: The Yellow Admiral situation explained, was etc etc etc -- rank: 873

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Charlezzzzz <charlezzzzz_at_comcast.net> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Nathan Varnum wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Strey, Geraldine E - WHS >> <Geraldine.Strey_at_wisconsinhistory.org> wrote: >>> >>> I see remember Jack, pre-YA, telling Phillip about his half-nephews and >>> nieces, who were older than he was! But I also recall  even earlier, the >>> General, Jack's fath ...

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32 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

"My grandfather, the General, married again after Jack's mother died: she wascalled Stanhope . . . " (Philip Aubrey in 'The Yellow Admiral', quoted by G. John Marmet) Apart from the odd problem of POB's having apparently forgotten that Jack and Philip technically belonged to the same generation rather than two successive ones, this passage adds one tiny stroke to the very shadowy image of Jack's mother; at least we now know her maiden name. (There is, of course, a Mr. Stan ...

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33 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

On 12/1/2010 5:03 PM, Nathan Varnum wrote: > A few weeks ago I mentioned that I bought a box of commas. Well they > threw in some extra "l's" and I've been trying to slip extra ones in > here and there to get rid of them. The comma sellers probably wanted to make sure they off-loaded all their "l's" before Christmas.

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34 Re: The Yellow Admiral situation explained, was etc etc etc -- rank: 873

On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:29 PM, Charlezzzzz wrote: > Well, d'ye see, young Phillip, officially the General's son by his second wife the former dairymaid, may actually have been Jack's by-blow out of that same dairymaid. (Some families are like that.) Jack has fond memories of the dairymaid, and isn't there even a description somewhere of Philip as the General's "recently legitimized son"? On the other hand, I don't recall anything in Jack's meetings with Philip that lends any support ...

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35 Re: The Yellow Admiral situation explained, was etc etc etc -- rank: 873

On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Nathan Varnum wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Strey, Geraldine E - WHS > <Geraldine.Strey_at_wisconsinhistory.org> wrote: >> I see remember Jack, pre-YA, telling Phillip about his half-nephews >> and nieces, who were older than he was! But I also recall even >> earlier, the General, Jack's father, visiting Jack and Sophie early >> in their marriage and bringing along his dairymaid wife and their >> you ...

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36 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:55 PM, gmarmet <gmarmet_at_aol.com> wrote: > Which I believe it is Philip.  Neither the general nor I (I have a son Philip as well) could, in our strained circumstances at the birth of our sons Philip, afford the second "L". > > > > It seems to me that Phillip is a very likeable character > > > A few weeks ago I mentioned that I bought a box of commas. Well they threw in some extra "l's" and I've been trying to ...

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37 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

Which I believe it is Philip. Neither the general nor I (I have a son Philip as well) could, in our strained circumstances at the birth of our sons Philip, afford the second "L". It seems to me that Phillip is a very likeable character Yours very truly, G. John Marmet a sloth debauched -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Varnum <nathan.varnum_at_GMAIL.COM> To: G.John Marmet <GMarmet_at_AOL.COM> Sent: Wed, Dec 1, 2010 4:41 pm Subject: Re: The Yellow Admiral Ple ...

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38 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Strey, Geraldine E - WHS <Geraldine.Strey_at_wisconsinhistory.org> wrote: > I see remember Jack, pre-YA, telling Phillip about his half-nephews and nieces, who were older than he was! But I also recall  even earlier, the General, Jack's father, visiting Jack and Sophie early in their marriage and bringing along his dairymaid wife and their young son.  More than one nod or editorial slip, I suspect. > It seems to me that Phillip is a very likeable c ...

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39 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

I see remember Jack, pre-YA, telling Phillip about his half-nephews and nieces, who were older than he was! But I also recall even earlier, the General, Jack's father, visiting Jack and Sophie early in their marriage and bringing along his dairymaid wife and their young son. More than one nod or editorial slip, I suspect. Gerry Strey Madison, Wisconsin ________________________________________ From: The Patrick O'Brian List of the World [GUNROOM_at_HMSSURPRISE.ORG] On Behalf Of gmarmet [gma ...

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40 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

POB's Collins editors (of whom there were only ever, I think, three or four at the most, over time) seldom did any MS corrections at all, POB not caring for them..... So I suspect that either POB nodded in his original, or perhaps Mrs POB nodded in her typing of the MS.... Such nods were not particularly uncommon, and certainly increased in the final few books of the series. I find the nods more diverting than annoying - and I hope my Muster Book caught them all! (A high hope, but let ...

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41 Re: The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

Sounds like an editor nodded, to me. And the episode reminds me of a joke told in Central America, but I won't repeat it here. Actually a whole series of jokes. Thanks for the nostalgia trip....back to my days of spending time with people who could sit at a party and tell jokes for two hours straight without running out of jokes. Sarah (that's "Mrs. Williams" to you!) On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:09 PM, gmarmet <gmarmet_at_aol.com> wrote: > I quote a passage from the Yell ...

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42 The Yellow Admiral Please explain -- rank: 873

I quote a passage from the Yellow Admiral (that I have just completed): Philip andStephen could not speak freely until the boat reached the aviso, but therePhilip commanded a private, roughly triangular space with just room for two,and here, while they regaled on fresh bread and cheese, Philip said, 'I do notlike to sound holier than thou nor to speak disrespectfully of my elders, but Imust say that poor Jack's mother-in-law does come it pretty high. George - heis my nephew, you know, though I ...

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43 Re: The Yellow Admiral (with spoilage) -- rank: 873

On 7/29/2009 10:07 PM, Fred Kiesche wrote: > SPOILER SPACE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPOILER SPACE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > REALLY...SPOILER SPACE... > [..] > Did The Master Nod? I'm sure this has been discussed to death, but I > avoided those discussions having not yet read the book...but when did > ...

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44 Re: The Yellow Admiral (with spoilage) -- rank: 873

SPOILING AGAIN...FOR THE SAKE OF SANity! How on earth did they manage a card game over the squawking of those penguins? "Tek-eli-li! Tek-eli-li!" And the crew being driven mad by those towering mountains and the eldritch whistling, let alone the sight of the shoggoths? On 7/29/09, losmp <losmp_at_earthlink.net> wrote: > On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:15 PM, gmarmet_at_aol.com wrote: > >> spoiler >> >> >> >> >> >> spoiler > ...

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45 Re: The Yellow Admiral (with spoilage) -- rank: 873

On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:15 PM, gmarmet_at_aol.com wrote: > spoiler > > > > > > spoiler > > > > > > spoiler > > Did The Master Nod? I'm sure this has been discussed to death, but I > avoided those discussions having not yet read the book...but when did > Stephen buy back the Surprise, for all love? > > I believe that the phrase is that Stephen was the "nominal owner" of > the Surprise.? At least I recall thi ...

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