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It seemed to be choking him. He said, “I will send you written orders directly. So now, gentlemen . ” Herrick ushered them to the door and closed it behind them. Bolitho sat down in a chair and rested his head in his hands as the calls shrilled from the gangway to mark the captains’ departure. Outside the cabin the sea was deep blue, like ruffled silk, as the wind ghosted the ships gently eastward. If only it had been S IGNAL—CLOSE ACT ION! 63 like this when Buzzard ’s boats had taken the sleeping schooner.
To tell him he understood. But then their roles would be as before. Bolitho thinking of a ship’s routine and crowded world between decks and Herrick waiting to put his thoughts into deeds like the excellent subordinate he had always been. He made himself say, “Yes, it must be so. A ship relies on her captain. ” Herrick sighed. “I had to speak—” Bolitho added slowly, “I did not agree to your appointment because of our friendship. ” From the corner of his eye he saw the master’s vast bulk surrounded by serious-faced midshipmen as they gathered for the noon ritual of using their sextants to estimate the ship’s position.
If only he was here to see. The air in Lysander’s cabin was oppressive and heavy. Bolitho spread the chart beneath his hands and stared at it for several minutes. He had returned aboard less than an hour back and was still wearing the same clothes, his chin rough for the want of a shave. Over his shoulder, her hull and reduced sails bending and wavering through the thick glass windows, the Osiris followed S IGNAL—CLOSE ACT ION! 61 obediently in Lysander’s wake, with the other two-decker astern of her.