<< *128 . TERENCE RATTIGAN : A BEQUEST TO THE NATION . PLAYS AND PLAYERS , JANUARY 1971 . P. 60 - 85 . FIRST PERF. : 230 970 . CHAR. : #60 $ 10 BE CAREFUL WITH THAT . $ IT HAS BRANDY FOR LADY HAMILTON . $ 17 SURE IT HASN'T SOME CANNON FOR HIS LORDSHIP ? $ 10 WELL , GET TOM TO HELP YOU . $ 17 HE 'S HELPING MRS MATCHAM CLOSE T 'OTHER . $ 10 TWO TRUNKS ? $ KITTY , WHY TWO TRUNKS ? $ 12 WE NEED TWO . $ CAREFUL , BOB . $ THERE 'S MY LAVENDER IN THAT . $ BETSY - BETSY - DID I FORGET MY JEWEL CASE ? $ 13 IT 'S IN THIS HAT BOX , MA'AM . $ YOU PACKED IT THERE SPECIAL . $ 12 OF COURSE . $ JUST MAKE SURE , THOUGH . $ 11 WE 'RE IN THE BATH GAZETTE - ALL THREE OF US . $ 10 INDEED ? $ 13 IT 'S HERE , MA'AM . $ 10 WHY DO YOU HAVE A JEWEL CASE IF YOU KEEP IT IN A HAT BOX ? $ 12 IN CASE OF HIGHWAYMEN . $ 10 MADAM , THERE HAS BEEN NO HIGHWAYMAN APPREHENDED ON THE B ATH TO LONDON ROAD FOR SOME TWENTY-FIVE YEARS . $ 12 YOU NEVER KNOW . $ SHOULDN'T YOU BE AT SCHOOL ? $ 11 NOT FOR HALF AN HOUR . $ MOTHER , I SAID WE 'RE IN THE GAZETTE . $ 12 BEING IN THE GAZETTE IS NO NEW THING TO US , GEORGE . $ NOR IN THE TIMES OF LONDON EITHER . $ 11 BUT THIS TIME I 'M IN IT - $ 12 ARE YOU , DEAR ? $ WHEN SHOULD WE LEAVE ? $ 10 VERY SHORTLY . $ THE COACH SEATS ARE BOOKED , BUT I MADE NO MENTION OF TWO TR UNKS . $ 11 MAY I READ WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT ME ? $ THEIR ELDEST SON , GEORGE MATCHAM , JUNIOR - $ 12 PERHAPS YOU HAD BETTER BEGIN JUST A LITTLER EARLIER , DEA R . $ 11 OH , SORRY . $ #61 $ IT IS NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER LORD NELSON'S UNEXPECTED RETURN TO THESE SHORES HAS BEEN COMMANDED BY THE ADMIRALTY IN ORDER THAT HE SHOULD ENJOY THE REST THAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY DUE TO HIM FOLLOWING HIS UNREMITTING LABOURS - ETCETERA - WEST INDIES ETCETERA , ETCETERA BUT - $ 12 DON'T READ WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL . $ AND I SAID ' A LITTLE EARLIER ' - $ 11 WELL IT LEADS ON . $ HERE IT IS . $ THERE IS SOME CONFIRMATION OF THIS VIEW IN THE UNDOUBTED FAC T THAT LORD NELSON HAS ALREADY INVITED TO VISIT HIM AT HIS N EWLY COMPLETED HOUSE AT MERTON , SURREY , ALMOST EVERY SINGL E CLOSE MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY - $ 10 ALMOST ? $ 11 YES , FATHER . $ 12 THEY PROBABLY MEANT NOTHING . $ 10 THEY NEVER MEAN NOTHING . $ GO ON , GEORGE . $ 11 AND THREE RESIDENTS OF BATH SO HONOURED ARE HIS LORDSHIP' S SISTER , MRS MATCHAM , MR GEORGE MATCHAM , THE WELL-KNOWN FINANCIER , AND THEIR SON , GEORGE MATCHAM , JUNIOR , WHO - $ 12 FINANCIER I DON'T CARE FOR . $ IT SOUNDS - IT SOUNDS AS IF - $ 10 I DEALT IN FINANCE . $ I DO . $ 12 BUT AS IF YOU DID SO AS A BUSINESS . $ 10 I DO SO AS A BUSINESS . $ THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS GROWING ASSUMPTION THAT SINCE YOUR BR OTHER HAS BECOME A DEMI-GOD , YOU HAVE BECOME A DEMI-GODDESS - AND THAT YOU HAVE THEREFORE MARRIED QUITE BENEATH YOU . $ WHEN YOU WERE AT BURNHAM RECTORY , YOU WERE GLAD ENOUGH TO L AND A BUSINESSMAN , MADAM - $ 12 YOU WERE SAYING , GEORGE - THEIR SON , GEORGE MATCHAM JUN IOR ? $ 11 - WHO IS AT SCHOOL NEAR BATH AND WHO WILL ALSO BE JOURNEY ING TO MERTON IN A WEEK'S TIME WHEN HIS TERM IS FINISHED . $ INDEED LISTEN TO THIS - INDEED YOUNG GEORGE MATCHAM MUST SUR ELY ACCOUNT HIMSELF THE LUCKIEST SCHOOLBOY IN ALL OF ENGLAND . $ 12 I HOPE YOU DO , GEORGE . $ 11 I DO . $ 12 ANYTHING ABOUT THE REST OF THE FAMILY ? $ 10 YOUR BROTHER WILLIAM . $ THEY CALL HIM DEAN . $ 12 THAT IS VERY PROPER . $ 10 IF NOT IN THE LEAST ACCURATE . $ 12 IS THERE MUCH ABOUT OUR DEAR EMMA ? $ 10 MUCH THE USUAL . $ 12 NOTHING , I TRUST - OUT OF PLACE ? $ 10 DAMMIT , MADAM , WHAT , IN THIS CASE , IS IN PLACE ? $ 12 IF IT IS WRITTEN OF WITH DELICACY - $ 10 IT SOUNDS FAR WORSE . $ LISTEN . $ LADY H. HAS BEEN REPORTED AS FLITTING CONSTANTLY BETWEEN HER HOUSE IN CLARGES STREET AND HER TEMPORARY ABODE AT MERTON - $ 12 ' TEMPORARY 'S PERFECTLY DELICATE - $ 10 - WHERE SHE WILL NO DOUBT BE PLEASED TO ENACT ONCE MORE T HAT ROLE OF HONORARY HOSTESS TO THE HOUSE OF NELSON , WHICH BEFITS HER LADYSHIP AS GRACEFULLY IN HER WIDOWHOOD - $ 12 IF ONLY HE COULD HAVE LASTED A YEAR OR TWO LONGER . $ 10 YES . $ IT WAS INDELICATE OF HIM TO DIE . $ - AS GRACEFULLY IN HER WIDOWHOOD AS EVER IT DID IN FORMER T IMES WHEN SIR WILLIAM , LORD NELSON AND HER LADYSHIP WERE AL L THREE JOINED TOGETHER IN BONDS OF PERFECT AND MUTUAL AMITY - TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO - THREE JOINED IN ONE - $ 11 SOUNDS LIKE A REAL OLD ROUGH AND TUMBLE . $ 12 GEORGE ! $ 11 OH , IT 'S ALL RIGHT , MOTHER . $ OF COURSE , I KNOW IT WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE THAT REALLY . $ SIR WILLIAM MUST HAVE UPPED ANCHOR WHEN UNCLE HORATIO SAILED IN - AND WHO CAN BLAME HIM ? $ BUT 'TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO ' DOES MAKE IT SOUND A BIT - WELL - ROMAN . $ 12 IT IS THE MOTTO OF YOUR UNCLE AND SIR WILLIAM'S ORDER OF THE BATH . $ 11 THAT MAKES IT WORSE . $ DID SHE GET ONE , TOO ? $ A BATH , I MEAN ? $ ALL THREE TOGETHER ? $ 12 GEORGE , I AM APPALLED . $ UTTERLY APPALLED . $ STOP LAUGHING AT ONCE ! $ OH , DO SOMETHING . $ 10 STOP LAUGHING , SIR , THIS INSTANT ! $ 11 YES , FATHER . $ 12 I CAN'T THINK WHAT THEY TEACH BOYS AT SCHOOL THESE DAYS . $ 10 ROMAN HISTORY . $ 12 BUT IT 'S MONSTROUS THAT A BOY OF HIS AGE SHOULD EVER IMA GINE SUCH TERRIBLE AND UNNATURAL THINGS ABOUT HIS UNCLE - IT 'S NOTHING BUT THE RANKEST DISLOYALTY - $ 11 I COULDN'T BE DISLOYAL ABOUT HIM , MOTHER . $ TO ME HE IS SIMPLY THE GREATEST MAN ON EARTH . $ 12 BUT YOU SAID - $ 11 IF I MADE A JOKE , I 'M SORRY , BUT IT 'S ONE THAT ALL EN GLAND MAKES , AND THERE 'S NO HARM - $ 10 HOW CAME YOU BY THIS INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL ENGLAND , SIR ? $ 11 FATHER , I 'M NOT A CHILD . $ 10 YOU ARE A CHILD , SIR . $ 11 IF YOU SAY SO , FATHER . $ BUT , AFTER ALL , NOW THAT I 'M GOING DOWN TO STAY WITH UNCL E HORATIO AND LADY HAMILTON IN THEIR HOUSE - $ 12 HIS HOUSE . $ 10 MY HOUSE , UNTIL HE REPAYS THE MORTGAGE - $ 11 WELL , LADY HAMILTON 'S GOING TO BE MY HONORARY HOSTESS , ISN'T SHE ? $ IT SAYS THAT IN THE GAZETTE . $ SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSE , MOTHER ? $ 12 THAT SHE 'S A VERY CLOSE AND DEAR FRIEND OF LORD NELSON'S WHO - WHO - $ 10 HELPS WITH THE HOUSE KEEPING . $ 12 YOU ARE FAR TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND SUCH A LOFTY AND NOBL E RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO EXALTED HUMAN BEINGS . $ 11 NO , MOTHER , I DON'T THINK I AM - ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM IS UNCLE HORATIO AND THE OTHER , THEY SAY , IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND GRACIOUS LADIES WHO EVER LIVED . $ THE ONLY THING I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT ' THREE IN ONE ' B USINESS . $ WHAT ON EARTH DID PEOPLE THINK THAT TIME WHEN THEY ALL LIVED TOGETHER ? $ 10 MY DEAREST KITTY , YOUR REPLY TO THAT , WHICH I 'M SURE W OULD HAVE BEEN A MODEL OF REFINEMENT AND SENSIBILITY , HAD B ETTER BE DEFERRED TO A LATER AND MORE CONVENIENT - $ WHY , EMILY , WHAT A SURPRISE . $ HOW PLEASANT TO SEE YOU . $ HOW ARE YOU , THESE DAYS ? $ 14 QUITE WELL , THANK YOU , MR MATCHAM . $ MRS MATCHAM . $ WHY , MASTER GEORGE , HOW YOU 'VE GROWN . $ 11 HAVE I ? $ 14 OH YES . $ LADY NELSON'S COMPLIMENTS TO YOU BOTH AND MIGHT SHE HAVE TWO WORDS WITH YOU . $ SHE 'S WAITING OUTSIDE . $ 12 OUTSIDE THIS HOUSE ? $ 14 YES , MA'AM . $ 12 AT SIX IN THE MORNING ? $ 14 SHE WANTED TO SEE YOU BEFORE THE COACH LEFT . $ 12 WELL , QUITE ASIDE FROM THE PROPRIETY OF THAT , SHE HAS L EFT IT RATHER TOO LATE - $ 14 NO , MA'AM . $ THE COACH HAS BEEN DELAYED HALF AN HOUR FOR DESPATCHES . $ SHE WENT TO THE COACH YARD TO SEE YOU AND FOUND OUT . $ SO SHE HAD TO COME HERE . $ 12 AND IS WAITING IN THIS STREET ? $ 14 YES , MA'AM . $ IN HER CHAISE . $ 10 I 'M AFRAID IT 'S STILL TOO LATE , EMILY . $ WE HAVE SO MUCH TO ATTEND TO . $ 14 JUST TWO WORDS , HER LADYSHIP SAID . $ SHE HAS READ BY THE PAPERS HOW YOU WERE BOTH GOING TO MERTON HOUSE TODAY , AND SHE 'S MOST ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU . $ #62 $ 12 AND WHY ? $ 14 I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE , MRS MATCHAM , BUT I 'D FANCY IT M IGHT BE A MESSAGE FOR HIS LORDSHIP . $ 12 WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ? $ 14 I SUPPOSE THE KIND OF MESSAGE A WIFE COULD SEND TO A HUSB AND SHE HASN'T SEEN SINCE OVER FOUR YEARS . $ MEANING , OF COURSE , MADAM , NO DISRESPECT . $ 12 YOU MAY TELL YOUR MISTRESS , EMILY , THAT THERE IS NO POI NT WHATEVER IN OUR SEEING HER AT THE PRESENT TIME AND IN THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES , AND THAT SHE SHOULD KNOW MUCH , MUC H BETTER THAN TO ASK SUCH A THING AT ALL , AND THAT MY HUSBA ND AND I CONFESS OURSELVES EXTREMELY SURPRISED AT SUCH UNREF INED BEHAVIOUR . $ YOU MAY QUOTE THOSE VERY WORDS , EMILY - IN FULL . $ 14 VERY GOOD , MRS MATCHAM . $ T TOLD HER IT WAS NO GOOD . $ I TOLD HER NOT TO TRY - $ 12 SHE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU . $ WE BEAR YOU PERSONALLY , EMILY , NO ILL-WILL AT ALL . $ 14 VERY KIND , MA'AM , I 'M SURE . $ 12 WELL . $ THE INSENSIBILITY OF IT ! $ WHAT A COLD , HARD , CONNIVING BITCH ! $ GEORGE , YOU DID NOT HEAR THAT . $ 11 I DID . $ 12 OH WAIT TILL I TELL HORATIO OF THIS LATEST EXPLOIT OF TOM TIT . $ DO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK SHE 'S GOING TO DO NOW ? $ I THINK SHE 'S GOING TO BLOCKADE US IN HERE , SO THAT WE CAN 'T POSSIBLY GO TO OUR CARRIAGE WITHOUT PASSING HER CHAISE AN D TALKING . $ WELL , IF SHE THINKS THAT , SHE 'S IN FOR A VERY BIG SURPRIS E . $ COME . $ 10 SHOULD WE ? $ I CONFESS , I HAVE NO GREAT STOMACH FOR AN ARMED SORTIE AGAI NST AN ENEMY IN FORCE . $ 11 THAT FROM A NELSON . $ 10 DON'T BE IMPERTINENT , SIR . $ AND I AM NOT A NELSON . $ 12 WELL , I AM , AND TO WALK PAST THAT CHAISE AND GIVE THAT WOMAN ONE OF MY SPECIAL LOOKS WILL NOT DISMAY ME AT ALL . $ I SHALL , IN FACT , RELISH IT KEENLY . $ 10 GOODBYE , GEORGE . $ WHEN I SEE YOU AT MERTON IN A WEEK'S TIME I EXPECT A GOOD RE PORT FROM YOUR HEADMASTER . $ 11 I HOPE I 'LL GIVE YOU ONE , SIR . $ 10 EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT YOURSELF , EH ? $ 12 WE ARE LEAVING , BOB . $ 10 KITTY , WE COULD EASILY SEND BETSY TO TELL THE CARRIAGE T O COME TO THE BACK DOOR . $ 12 THE BACK DOOR ? $ TO AVOID TOM TIT ? $ WHAT KIND OF A MAN ARE YOU ? $ 10 A MAN CIVILISED ENOUGH TO WISH TO AVOID CAUSING HURT TO A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY . $ 13 MASTER GEORGE , NEXT WEEK WHEN YOU GO TO SEE YOUR UNCLE H ORATIO , WOULD YOU TAKE SOMETHING FROM ME ? $ I COULDN'T ASK YOUR MOTHER , YOU KNOW WHAT SHE 'D HAVE SAID . $ IT 'S IN MY ROOM , ALL WRAPPED UP AND READY . $ 11 WHAT IS IT , BETSY ? $ 13 SOMETHING AGAINST THE AGUE . $ I READ HE GETS THESE ATTACKS . $ 11 A MEDICINE ? $ 13 NO . $ SOMETHING FOR HIM TO WEAR AGAINST THE SKIN . $ 11 DID YOU BUY IT ? $ 13 DIDN'T STEAL IT . $ 11 YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SPENT YOUR MONEY - $ 13 WHY NOT ? $ IT MIGHT WORK . $ WILL YOU GIVE IT HIM ? $ 11 OF COURSE . $ AND I 'LL TELL HIM WHO IT 'S FROM , TOO . $ 13 OH , YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT . $ JUST GIVE IT TO HIM , THAT 'S ALL . $ AND TELL HIM TO WEAR IT . $ THAT 'S THE POST . $ YOU WON'T FORGET NOW , WILL YOU ? $ 11 OF COURSE I WON'T . $ I HOPE YOU DIDN'T PAY TOO MUCH FOR IT . $ 13 WHAT IF I DID ? $ THINK WHERE WE 'D ALL BE NOW WITHOUT HIM . $ 03 GOOD MORNING , GEORGE . $ 11 YOUR LADYSHIP . $ 03 AM I NO LONGER AUNT FRANCES ? $ 11 AUNT FRANCES . $ 03 EMILY WAS RIGHT . $ YOU HAVE GROWN . $ YOU 'RE TOO TALL FOR THOSE BREECHES . $ WHO BUYS YOUR CLOTHES FOR YOU NOW ? $ 11 MY MOTHER . $ 03 I DID RATHER BETTER WHEN I USED TO BUY YOUR CLOTHES . $ KITTY NEVER DID UNDERSTAND HOW QUICKLY BOYS GROW OUT OF THIN GS . $ DO YOU STILL LIKE TOFFEES ? $ I 'VE BOUGHT SOME AT HATHERTONS FOR YOU . $ 11 I THANK YOUR LADYSHIP , I HAVE ALREADY EATEN BREAKFAST , AND A BATH BUN . $ 03 I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT . $ TAKE THEM ANYWAY . $ 11 NO , THANK YOU . $ 03 OH DEAR . $ I 'VE MADE THINGS WORSE , HAVEN'T I ? $ EMILY SAID I WOULD . $ 11 I MUST GO TO MY CLASS , SO , IF YOUR LADYSHIP WILL FORGIV E ME - $ 03 HER LADYSHIP WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU . $ NOR WILL YOUR AUNT FRANCES , WHO KNOWS PERFECTLY WELL WHAT T IME YOUR CLASSES START . $ SIT DOWN , GEORGE . $ YOU ARE GOING TO MERTON NEXT WEEK ? $ 11 YES . $ 03 ON WHAT DAY ? $ 11 THURSDAY . $ 03 I AM GOING TO LONDON ON TUESDAY - TO MY HOUSE IN SOMERSET STREET . $ I SHALL BE THERE SEVERAL WEEKS . $ IS THIS COFFEE STILL HOT ? $ 11 I 'LL ORDER SOME MORE . $ 03 THIS WILL DO . $ THERE 'S AN EXTRA CUP . $ IT 'S ALMOST AS IF THEY EXPECTED ME TO BREAKFAST . $ YOUR MOTHER DELIVERS A CUT SO BADLY , GEORGE . $ YOU SHOULD LOOK THROUGH YOUR VICTIM , NOT OVER HER HEAD . $ AND YOUR FATHER - $ OH GEORGE , FORGIVE ME . $ THE TRUTH IS YOU MAKE ME SO NERVOUS THAT I CAN'T SPEAK - $ 11 I MAKE YOU NERVOUS ? $ 03 LOOK AT MY HAND . $ ISN'T IT SILLY ? $ 11 YES , IT IS . $ IF YOU 'RE LIKE THIS WITH ME , I CAN'T THINK WHAT YOU 'D HAV E BEEN LIKE WITH MOTHER AND FATHER , IF THEY 'D LET YOU COME IN . $ 03 OH , NOT NERVOUS AT ALL . $ IT 'S THEY WHOSE HANDS WOULD HAVE BEEN SHAKING , NOT MINE . $ IT 'S GUILT MAKES PEOPLE'S HANDS SHAKE , GEORGE . $ CONSCIENCE MAKING COWARDS OF US - LIKE YOU BOWING TO THE GRO UND AND SAYING ' LADYSHIP ' TO AN AUNT YOU USED ONCE TO CALL YOUR FAVOURITE . $ 11 WHY HAVE YOU A CONSCIENCE ABOUT ME ? $ 03 BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I 'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO FOR ME - SOMETHING MY CONSCIENCE SAYS I SHOULDN'T . $ 11 WHAT IS IT ? $ 03 TAKE A LETTER TO MERTON . $ 11 TO HIM ? $ 03 TO MY HUSBAND . $ 11 WHAT KIND OF LETTER ? $ 03 AN ORDINARY LETTER . $ 11 DOES IT SAY ANYTHING BEASTLY - LIKE CALLING LADY HAMILTON A WHORE ? $ 03 IT DOESN'T MENTION LADY HAMILTON . $ IF IT DID THERE WOULD BE LITTLE POINT IN REMINDING HIM OF TH E PROFESSION SHE IS REPUTED TO HAVE ONCE FOLLOWED . $ #63 $ 11 YOU 'RE NOT TRYING TO GET ME TO BELIEVE LADY HAMILTON REA LLY WAS A WHORE ? $ 03 OF COURSE NOT , GEORGE . $ I 'M MERELY OBSERVING THAT IN THE MATTER OF PRESERVING HER O RIGINAL COUNTRYBRED CHASTITY , APPEARANCES DO SEEM TO HAVE B EEN SOMEWHAT AGAINST HER . $ NOW HERE IS THE LETTER . $ AS YOU SEE , THE COVERING IS BLANK , AND I HAVEN'T USED THE SEAL . $ 11 WHY ? $ 03 MY HANDWRITING AND SEAL ARE BOTH WELL-KNOWN TO YOUR HOSTE SS . $ 11 BUT IF I TAKE IT MYSELF - $ 03 YOU 'LL HAVE A SERVANT TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM . $ SEVERAL PROBABLY - I 'M TOLD LADY HAMILTON IS VERY LAVISH WI TH STAFF - AND MUST SURELY PAY THEM ALL VERY WELL - $ 11 AREN'T YOU BEING TOO SUSPICIOUS ? $ 03 NO . $ IF YOU TAKE THAT , KEEP IT UNDER LOCK AND KEY . $ 11 YOU MEAN SHE 'D BURN IT , OR SOMETHING ? $ 03 NO . $ SHE WOULD PROBABLY DO WHAT SHE DID WITH MY LAST LETTER TO HI M - THE ONE I WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO SEND TO HIM BY THE POST . $ IT WAS RETURNED TO ME , AND THE COVERING HAD A MESSAGE WRITT EN ON IT . $ ' OPENED BY MISTAKE BY LORD NELSON , BUT NOT READ . ' $ 11 IN HER HANDWRITING ? $ 03 NO . $ MR DAVIDSON'S . $ 11 UNCLE HORATIO'S AGENT ? $ SHE MADE HIM DO THAT ? $ 03 IT WOULD SEEM SO . $ 11 BUT MR DAVIDSON USED TO BE A GREAT FRIEND OF YOURS . $ 03 SO DID A LOT OF PEOPLE . $ 11 YES , I SUPPOSE SO . $ 03 DEAR GEORGE , YOU LOOK SO GROWN UP NOW - $ 11 BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE WOULD BEHAVE LIKE THAT . $ AND MR DAVIDSON - IT 'S SUCH A BAD THING TO DO TO LORD NELSO N - OF ALL PEOPLE - TO MAKE HIM SEEM DISHONOURABLE . $ SURELY MR DAVIDSON WOULD BE THE VERY LAST PERSON - LOOK , AU NT FRANCES - I 'M NOT BEING RUDE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SA Y ABOUT YOU IN THE FAMILY , THESE DAYS ? $ 03 ABOUT THE MISCHIEF-MAKING TOM-TIT ? $ 11 WELL , BOTH MOTHER AND FATHER SAY YOU DO MAKE THINGS UP A BOUT THE PRESENT SITUATION . $ 03 WHY DO I NEED TO MAKE THINGS UP ? $ 11 WELL , TO GET PITY AND SO ON . $ 03 I HATE PITY . $ I CAN'T BEAR IT . $ 11 WELL YOU CAN'T DENY YOU MUST FEEL PRETTY HOSTILE TO LADY HAMILTON . $ 03 NO , I CAN'T DENY THAT . $ BUT WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT LETTER IS TRUE . $ LOOK . $ 11 ' OPENED BY MISTAKE BY LORD NELSON , BUT NOT READ . $ A DAVIDSON . ' $ IT IS THE SAME LETTER ? $ 03 YES . $ 11 WHEN WAS IT WRITTEN ? $ 03 ON DECEMBER EIGHTEENTH , 1801 . $ 11 A CHRISTMAS LETTER ? $ 03 IS THAT WHAT SHOCKS YOU ? $ 11 WELL , IT 'S BAD AT ANY TIME I AGREE . $ BUT CHRISTMAS ! $ WELL , PERHAPS I 'M SENTIMENTAL . $ 03 SO AM I - BUT I HADN'T , UNTIL NOW , CONNECTED THAT REJEC TED LETTER OF MINE WITH ANY SPECIAL SEASON . $ 11 YOU WILL SWEAR THAT THERE 'S NOTHING IN IT THAT WILL UPSE T HIM OR MAKE HIM ANGRY ? $ 03 HOW CAN I SWEAR THAT ? $ HOW DO I KNOW , AFTER FOUR YEARS , WHAT WILL UPSET HIM OR MA KE HIM ANGRY ? $ 11 BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE LETTER ITSELF ? $ 03 THERE IS NOTHING IN THE LETTER ITSELF THAT A WIFE MIGHT N OT WRITE TO A HUSBAND WHO HAS DESERTED HER AND WHOM SHE STIL L MOST DEEPLY LOVES . $ 11 BUT DO YOU ? $ THEY ALL SAY - $ 03 I KNOW WHAT THEY ALL SAY . $ YOUR MOTHER LOOKS WELL , GEORGE . $ I SAW HER AND YOUR FATHER AT THE PUMP ROOM , THE OTHER NIGHT - TOGETHER WITH YOUR UNCLE WILLIAM AND AUNT SARAH . $ QUITE AN ASSEMBLY OF IN-LAWS , I MUST SAY . $ OF COURSE I FLED . $ POOR THINGS . $ IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM ALL BY BEING IN BATH . $ IN LONDON , OF COURSE , THINGS ARE DIFFERENT . $ I SO SELDOM GO OUT THERE . $ ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE HIM THAT ? $ 11 YES . $ 03 TO HIM PERSONALLY ? $ 11 OH , OF COURSE . $ 03 YOU 'RE NOT SCARED ? $ 11 OF HIM ? $ OF UNCLE HORATIO ? $ OF COURSE NOT . $ HE 'S THE KINDEST SOUL ALIVE . $ 03 YES , HE IS . $ THERE 'S NOT A MIDSHIPMAN SAILS WITH HIM WHO DOESN'T WORSHIP HIM . $ IS THAT A PROMISE , GEORGE ? $ 11 YES . $ A PROMISE . $ 03 AND , OF COURSE , YOU MUST NOT TELL YOUR MOTHER - $ 11 IS THAT LIKELY ? $ 03 I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR THREE CHRISTMASES . $ 11 I DON'T NEED BRIBING . $ 03 NO . $ I 'M SORRY . $ NOT EVEN THESE ? $ 11 WELL , THOSE ARE DIFFERENT . $ THANKS AWFULLY , AUNT FRANCES . $ 03 OF COURSE , IF YOU COULD LET SLIP THAT I AM RETURNED TO S OMERSET STREET - AND WOULD BE OVERJOYED TO - SET EYES ON HIM AGAIN - JUST ONCE , ALONE , FOR A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS - NO ON E NEED EVER KNOW HE 'D BEEN TO SEE ME - OR IF HE 'D JUST GIV E ME SOME INKLING WHERE I COULD GO TO SEE HIM - NOT TO TALK , GEORGE , IF IT DISPLEASES HIM - OR AT LEAST ONLY ABOUT TRI VIAL THINGS AS WHETHER HIS EYE STILL HURTS HIM AND IF HE IS STILL WEARING HIS GREEN SHADE - OR JUST IF HE 'D LET ME SIT IN A ROOM WITH HIM ALONE , NOT SPEAKING AT ALL , JUST LOOKIN G - I 'M SORRY - I FORGET HOW I BEGAN THE SENTENCE . $ A BAD HABIT . $ YOU HAD BETTER TELL HIM NONE OF THESE THINGS . $ THEY WOULD ONLY IRRITATE HIM . $ JUST TELL HIM YOU WERE WAYLAID BY TOM TIT IN YOUR OWN HOME A ND THAT SHE GAVE YOU THAT LETTER . $ OH , DO EXPLAIN , GEORGE , WHY AM I NOW CALLED TOM TIT ? $ 11 DON'T YOU KNOW ? $ 03 NO . $ 11 WEREN'T YOU CALLED THAT BEFORE - I MEAN IN THE OLD DAYS ? $ 03 NO , I DON'T THINK SO . $ 11 YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW ? $ 03 YES , PLEASE . $ 11 YOU WON'T MIND ? $ 03 OF COURSE NOT . $ 11 IT 'S THE WAY YOU WALK . $ 03 THE WAY I WALK ? $ 11 YES , LIKE A BIRD . $ AT LEAST THAT 'S WHAT THEY SAY - $ 03 OF COURSE . $ WITH MY RHEUMATICKY LEGS , IT MUST SEEM MOST BIRD-LIKE . $ I SEE . $ AND DOES LORD NELSON CALL ME THAT TOO ? $ 11 OH YES . $ 03 YOU 'VE HEARD HIM ? $ 11 OH YES . $ IT 'S NOT UNKIND . $ 03 NO , OF COURSE IT 'S NOT UNKIND - $ 11 SHALL I GET EMILY ? $ 03 NO . $ OH , DEAR HEAVENS , I 'M SO SORRY - $ 11 I DON'T UNDERSTAND . $ 03 WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND ? $ 11 WHAT YOU DID TO MAKE THEM ALL SO AGAINST YOU . $ 03 WHAT DO YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER SAY I DID ? $ 11 THEY WON'T TELL ME , BUT THEY 'RE ALWAYS HINTING IT WAS V ERY BAD - $ 03 PERHAPS IT WAS . $ 11 WHAT WAS IT ? $ 03 IN THE END I TOLD HIM HE HAD TO CHOOSE . $ 11 BUT THAT 'S NOT BAD . $ 03 IT WAS FOR HIM . $ 11 BUT IS THAT ALL ? $ 03 I THINK SO . $ #64 $ I 'M ALL RIGHT NOW , THANK YOU , GEORGE . $ YES , I 'VE OFTEN WONDERED HOW ELSE I 'VE OFFENDED . $ 11 BUT WHY DID THE WHOLE FAMILY TURN AGAINST YOU ? $ 03 WHY DOES YOUR REVEREND UNCLE WILLIAM NOW HOLD A STALL AT CANTERBURY , WHEN HE CAN'T READ SO MUCH AS A MORNING COLLECT ? $ WHY IS YOUR COUSIN TOM BOLTON A KNIGHT BEFORE HE IS EVEN TWE NTY ? $ WHY IS - OH , IT DOESN'T MATTER . $ LORD NELSON IS DESERVEDLY A MAN OF GREAT AND POWERFUL INFLUE NCE IN ENGLAND , AND HE IS VERY GOOD TO HIS FAMILY . $ 11 YOU SAID ' WHY IS ' AND STOPPED . $ WERE YOU GOING TO SAY WHY IS MY FATHER NOW A DIRECTOR OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY ? $ BECAUSE , IF YOU WERE , I KNOW THE ANSWER . $ LORD LIVERPOOL SPOKE FOR HIM . $ 03 AND WHO SPOKE FOR HIM TO LORD LIVERPOOL ? $ 11 YOU SAY HE HAS ACTUALLY BRIBED MY FATHER TO TURN AGAINST YOU ? $ 03 I SAID NO SUCH THING . $ YOU DID . $ 11 BUT WHY DOES UNCLE HORATIO HATE YOU SO MUCH ? $ 03 I DON'T KNOW , GEORGE . $ I 'M SURE , KNOWING HIM , THERE MUST BE A GOOD REASON . $ I WISH I KNEW WHAT IT WAS . $ 05 PERHAPS YOU WOULD CARE TO SIT DOWN , LORD NELSON - THE SI GHT OF YOU AT THAT WINDOW SEEMS TO EXCITE THE CROWD THAT HAS BEEN ATTRACTED HERE BY YOUR VISIT . $ 01 DID I ATTRACT THEM , LORD BARHAM ? $ 05 UNDOUBTEDLY . $ THE NAME IS PRONOUNCED BARHAM . $ 01 I 'M SO SORRY . $ A JUNIOR VICE-ADMIRAL SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF THE FIRST LORD . $ 05 I SEE NO REASON . $ IT 'S A VERY NEW TITLE , AND A VERY NEW APPOINTMENT . $ 01 YOU HAVE MY HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS ON BOTH . $ 05 THANK YOU . $ MAY WE GET TO BUSINESS ? $ NOW , I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THEIR LORDSHIPS TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING YOUR RECENT OPERATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS . $ 01 PLEASE , DON'T TROUBLE YOURSELF TO TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE INSTRUCTED TO SAY TO ME . $ I MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO THEIR LORDSHIPS , BUT WE BOTH KNOW T HAT THEIR JUDGEMENT OF NAVAL OPERATIONS CAN BE COLOURED BY C IRCUMSTANCES . $ TELL ME , NOT AS FIRST LORD BUT AS - WHAT WAS IT - ADMIRAL M IDDLETON ? $ TELL ME THEN AS ADMIRAL , DID I DO RIGHT TO CHASE VILLENEUVE TO THE WEST INDIES AND BACK , AND LEAVE ENGLAND UNGUARDED ? $ 05 NOT QUITE UNGUARDED . $ I MADE CERTAIN NAVAL DISPOSITIONS . $ 01 BUT UNGUARDED ENOUGH TO HAVE RISKED GIVING NAPOLEON THAT EIGHT HOURS COMMAND OF THE CHANNEL HE SAYS HE NEEDS FOR HIS INVASION . $ DID I DO RIGHT ? $ 05 IN THE EVENT - $ 01 IN THE EVENT , VILLENEUVE'S COURAGE FAILED HIM BUT THAT D OESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION . $ 05 PERHAPS IT DOES . $ VILLENEUVE'S COURAGE FAILED HIM PRECISELY BECAUSE HE LEARNT THAT IT WAS YOU WHO WAS CHASING HIM . $ ANOTHER ADMIRAL CHASING HIM AND HIS COURAGE WOULD NOT HAVE F AILED . $ 01 I WAS HARDLY TO KNOW THAT - $ 05 YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED IT . $ 01 I MIGHT . $ I DID . $ YES , TO BE HONEST , I KNEW MY NAME TO BE WORTH THE ADDITION OF A FRIGATE OR TWO TO OUR NAVAL FORCES IN THE DISCOMFORTIN G OF AN ENEMY . $ 05 ABOUT FIVE BATTLE SHIPS , MY LORD . $ THAT IS MY OWN ESTIMATION . $ SOME WOULD PUT IT HIGHER . $ 01 I CAN HARDLY DISPUTE THE ESTIMATION OF A FIRST LORD . $ 05 I THOUGHT IT WAS TO AN ADMIRAL YOU WISHED TO SPEAK . $ 01 BY GOD , I LIKE YOU . $ I WAS TOLD I WOULDN'T , BUT I DO . $ 05 THANK YOU , LORD NELSON . $ NOW , IS YOUR QUESTION WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE , HAD I BEEN I N COMMAND AT TOULON AND VILLENEUVE HAD SLIPPED ME AND SAILED FOR THE ATLANTIC ? $ I WOULD NOT HAVE DONE AS YOU DID , MY LORD . $ 01 I LIKE YOU THE MORE . $ 05 WITH NAPOLEON'S WHOLE ARMY AT BOULOGNE AND ONLY PITCHFORK S TO THROW AGAINST HIM IF HE LANDED , I WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN CHASE HALF ACROSS THE WORLD . $ MY MIND WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY ON DEFENCE . $ BUT THEN MY NAME WAS ONLY MIDDLETON . $ 01 I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A MORE GRACEFUL AND INSPIRING APPRA ISAL OF AN AGONISING AND MOST HAZARDOUS DECISION . $ YOU SEE NOW WHY I ASKED YOU NOT TO READ ME THAT TESTIMONIAL . $ THEIR LORDSHIPS WOULD NOT HAVE SAID A TENTH AS MUCH IN A HUN DREDTH PART THE LENGHT . $ YOU DO ME GREAT HONOUR , LORD BARHAM . $ 05 I AM BACK TO FIRST LORD AGAIN ? $ 01 BY HEAVENS YOU ARE , AND WITH GREAT HONOUR TO YOUR OFFICE . $ OH BUT THE AGONY OF THAT CHASE - $ 05 I CAN GUESS IT . $ 01 TO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO GAMBLE SO WILDLY - SO RECKLESSLY - ON THE MEREST WHIFF OF INTUITION - AND WITH SUCH A STAKE - $ 05 YOUR REPUTATION IS INDEED A GREAT STAKE , MY LORD . $ 01 OH , GOD ! $ DID YOU THINK I MEANT THAT ? $ 05 I 'M SORRY . $ YOUR COUNTRY , OF COURSE , IS A GREATER ONE . $ 01 A GREATER ONE ? $ I LOVE MY REPUTATION , AND THE CHEERS FROM THOSE GOOD PEOPLE OUTSIDE , DON'T AS YOU 'VE NOTICED , ENTIRELY DISPLEASE ME . $ BUT HOW CAN YOU MEASURE ONE MAN'S REPUTATION AGAINST THE SAF ETY OF ENGLAND ? $ YOU TALK LIKE CHARLES JAMES FOX . $ 05 MR FOX'S SPEECHES ARE BECOMING SOMETHING MORE PATRIOTIC . $ HIS LOVE OF ENGLAND KEEPS PACE WITH THE DIMINISHING ARDOUR O F HIS INFATUATION WITH THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AS REVOLUTIONARY . $ 01 I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A MAN'S LOVE OF ENGLAND CAN KEEP P ACE WITH ANYTHING EXCEPT - JUST ENGLAND . $ YOU DON'T LOVE ENGLAND AS YOU LOVE A PERSON OR A THING OR AN IDEA . $ YOU DON'T EVEN LOVE IT BECAUSE IT 'S YOUR COUNTRY . $ YOU LOVE IT BECAUSE IT 'S ENGLAND , AND IF YOU DON'T LOVE IT , YOU ARE DAMNED . $ VOILA TOUT , AS THE ENEMY MIGHT SAY . $ I DON'T DOUBT BUT THAT MR FOX WOULD MAKE MINCEMEAT OF THAT A RGUMENT - $ 05 A STATEMENT OF FAITH IS HARDLY ARGUABLE , MY LORD . $ 01 WELL , BACK TO BUSINESS . $ YOU BELIEVE THEN , AS I DO , THAT WE MUST ATTACK TO SURVIVE . $ 05 THE BOLDEST MEASURES ARE ALWAYS THE SAFEST . $ YOUR OWN SAYING IS IT NOT , LORD NELSON ? $ 01 WELL , YOU DON'T FIGHT A WAR EXCEPT TO WIN IT , DO YOU ? $ 05 NOT ALL AGREE WITH YOU . $ SOME FEEL THAT JUST BY HOLDING OUT IN THIS ISLAND WE MAY ACH IEVE A PEACE . $ 01 PEACE , WITH NAPOLEON ? $ 05 SOME THINK IT POSSIBLE . $ 01 PEACE ? $ NOW THAT HE HAS CROWNED HIMSELF EMPEROR OF THE WORLD - $ 05 NOT QUITE ' OF THE WORLD ' , MY LORD . $ ' OF THE FRENCH ' IS THE TITLE , I BELIEVE . $ 01 AND THAT IS ALREADY ' OF EUROPE ' , AND TOMORROW IT WILL BE OF THE WORLD . $ I TELL YOU LORD BARHAM , THIS NEW CAESAR MEANS TO CONQUER TH E ENTIRE GLOBE . $ HE HAS SAID SO . $ PEACE WITH SUCH A MAN ? $ HOW IS IT POSSIBLE ? $ 05 SOME THINK THAT , IF WE STAND THE LONG SIEGE , HE MAY GRO W TIRED , AND LEAVE US ALONE . $ 01 OR HE MAY EXHAUST HIMSELF IN THE EMBRACES OF HIS EMPRESS , AND TAKE UP GARDENING AT THE TUILERIES . $ MY LORD - WE SPEAK OF THE MAN WHO MEANS TO BE MASTER OF THE WORLD . $ HE MAKES NO SECRET OF IT . $ HE MAY SPEAK IN THE HOLY NAMES OF LIBERTY , EQUALITY , FRATE RNITY - BUT DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK HE EVEN KNOWS WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN ? $ I DO TRUST THAT MR PITT PAYS PROPER STUDY TO THE PUBLIC SPEE CHES OF NAPOLEON ? $ 05 YOUR LORDSHIP'S TRUST IS NOT , I BELIEVE , MISPLACED . $ 01 GOOD . $ WELL , THEN TO MASTER THE WORLD , THE MAN MUST FIRST DESTROY THIS ISLAND . $ THIS ISLAND MUST THEREFORE DESTROY THE MAN . $ THAT TOO IS HARDLY ARGUABLE , IS IT ? $ #65 $ 05 AS YOUR LORDSHIP PUTS IT , NO . $ BUT WHAT MIGHT MERIT DEBATE IS EXACTLY HOW THIS ISLAND IS TO MANAGE THE JOB . $ 01 NOT BY SKULKING BEHIND A DITCH , WAITING FOR HIM TO CROSS IT . $ BY CROSSING IT OURSELVES AND ATTACKING HIM . $ NOT WITH PITCHFORKS EITHER , BUT WITH AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ARMED WITH THE BEST WEAPONS OUR FACTORIES CAN MAKE . $ 05 WHERE DO WE LAND IT ? $ 01 ANYWHERE . $ EUROPE'S COAST LINE IS THREE THOUSAND MILES LONG . $ EVEN NAPOLEON CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE . $ BUT I WOULD ADVISE MR PITT TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES , WHERE OUR TROOPS WERE RECENTLY ENGAGED , AND WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE NAPOLEON'S ACHILLES HEEL . $ I DON'T SAY THAT ON GROUNDS OF PERSONAL ATTACHMENT , JUST IN CASE YOU THINK I DO . $ 05 I HAD HEARD OF YOUR LORDSHIP'S STRONG FRIENDSHIP FOR THE EXILED KING AND QUEEN OF NAPLES . $ 01 AND NOT FOR THE WIDOW OF OUR LATE AMBASSADOR THERE ? $ 05 I READ MY NEWSPAPERS . $ 01 AND PERHAPS FIND A MOMENT TO GLANCE AT THE CARTOONISTS IN ST JAMES'S STREET ? $ 05 SELDOM , MY LORD . $ 01 YOU SHOULD MORE OFTEN . $ SOME ARE VERY WITTY , I ASSURE YOU - ALTHOUGH THEY ARE APT T O PORTRAY LADY HAMILTON AS SOMEWHAT TOO LARGE AND MYSELF AS SOMEWHAT TOO SMALL . $ BUT ONE DOESN'T EXPECT TO FIND THE EXACT TRUTH IN CARTOONS . $ WHERE WERE WE ? $ 05 ATTACKING NAPOLEON AT NAPLES . $ 01 AH , BUT NOT ONLY NAPLES . $ IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN , FOR INSTANCE . $ ANOTHER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE LANDED , SAY AT LISBON - $ 05 PARDON MY INTERRUPTION , LORD NELSON , BUT THIS IS THE AD MIRALTY , AND NOT THE WAR OFFICE . $ HOW CAN WE ATTACK ANYWHERE ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE WITHOU T FULL AND UNCHALLENGED COMMAND OF THE SEAS ? $ 01 WELL , OF COURSE , WE MUST HAVE THAT . $ 05 HOW ? $ 01 BY ANNIHILATION . $ 05 SUCH WORDS ARE EASY . $ 01 THE MATTER IS EASY . $ NOW THAT THE COMBINED ENEMY FLEETS HAVE LOCKED THEMSELVES UP IN CADIZ , FROM WHICH THEY MUST MEAN TO EMERGE SOON AND FIG HT - FOR CADIZ CAN'T SUPPLY SO VAST AN ARMADA FOR LONG - $ 05 WHO TOLD YOU THAT ? $ 01 MY LORD , I LEARNT THE CAPACITIES OF CADIZ AS A SUPPLY BA SE AT MY MOTHER'S KNEE . $ 05 I MEANT WHO TOLD YOU THAT THE COMBINED FLEETS WERE NOW AT CADIZ ? $ 01 CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD OF THE FRIGATE EURYALUS . $ HE HAD DESPATCHES FROM ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD OFF CADIZ . $ 05 THOSE DESPATCHES WERE ADDRESSED TO ME . $ 01 AND MY HOUSE LIES ON THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD . $ 05 BUT NOT EVEN MR PITT HAS READ THOSE DESPATCHES YET . $ 01 GRACIOUS ME ! $ I HOPE YOU HAVE USED A FAST RUNNER TO DOWNING STREET . $ FOR PLAINLY WHAT MR PITT SHOULD DO NOW - $ 05 EXCUSE ME , BUT PERHAPS YOUR LORDSHIP WOULD BE GOOD ENOUG H TO INFORM ME FIRST WHAT I SHOULD DO NOW . $ 01 MOST GLADLY . $ YOU MUST REINFORCE COLLINGWOOD IMMEDIATELY WITH EVERYTHING T HAT YOU HAVE . $ WITHIN WEEKS THE ENEMY MUST COME OUT FROM CADIZ AND WE MUST THEN DESTROY HIM . $ ANNIHILATE IS A BETTER WORD . $ THIS CHANCE MAY NEVER COME AGAIN . $ 05 MAY I BE BLUNT ? $ DOES ' EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE ' INCLUDE NELSON ? $ 01 NO . $ 05 YOU DON'T FEEL CAPABLE - $ 01 CAPABLE ? $ I MUST REMIND YOUR LORDSHIP THAT I AM ON SICK LEAVE . $ I AM INDEED A VERY SICK MAN . $ 05 TOO SICK TO GO OUT AGAIN , MY LORD ? $ 01 TOO SICK TO BE CAPABLE OF GOING OUT AGAIN , MY LORD . $ 05 IT WILL GRIEVE MR PITT . $ HE WILL CERTAINLY WANT IT . $ SO , OF COURSE , WILL THE COUNTRY . $ 01 THE COUNTRY AND MR PITT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF ME . $ LORD BARHAM , I AM CRIPPLED , BLIND , INFIRM AND NEARLY DEAD WITH SERVICE OF MR PITT AND MY COUNTRY . $ AND I AM NOT NOW NEEDED . $ THE SHIPS AND THE MEN AND THE COMMANDER FOR THE BATTLE WILL BE THE BEST THAT WE HAVE , AND WHEN THEY COME ON THE ENEMY T HE PLAN OF BATTLE IS ALREADY LAID OUT - $ 05 YOUR PLAN , MY LORD ? $ 01 IF COLLINGWOOD USES IT IT WILL BE HIS . $ AND HE WILL USE IT , I 'M SURE . $ FOR COMPLETE ANNIHILATION IS THE ONLY ONE . $ 05 I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR IT ? $ 01 PERHAPS ANOTHER TIME . $ I AM KEEPING A CERTAIN LADY WAITING . $ 05 I AM SORRY , MY LORD . $ PERHAPS , AT YOUR CONVENIENCE , YOU WOULD DRAFT IT FOR ME AS A MEMORANDUM . $ 01 I WOULD BE HAPPY . $ MAY I TAKE MY LEAVE ? $ OH FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVEN , BARHAM , SHOW SOME HUMANITY ! $ DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW I AM PLACED ? $ 05 YOUR LORDSHIP HAS MADE IT CLEAR - $ 01 NOT CLEAR ENOUGH IT SEEMS . $ YOU DISAPPROVE - I CAN SEE IT ALL OVER YOUR FACE - AND I AM CHILDISH ENOUGH TO HATE ANY MAN'S DISAPPROVAL - LET ALONE A FIRST LORD'S . $ BARHAM , WHEN WERE YOU LAST IN LOVE ? $ 05 WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR CAPTAIN , I THINK . $ 01 SO WAS I , WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR CAPTAIN . $ OR WAS I ? $ IT DOESN'T MATTER . $ BUT TO BE IN LOVE AS AN ADMIRAL - AT MY AGE , A CRIPPLED FOR TY SIX - THERE IS A FOLLY , PERHAPS - BUT A BLISS AND AN AGO NY TOGETHER THAT DEMANDS , IF NOT SYMPATHY , AT LEAST SOME U NDERSTANDING . $ I HAVEN'T SEEN HER FOR TWO YEARS . $ TWO YEARS IN A CABIN , NEVER A FOOT ON SHORE , OFTEN AGUE-RI DDEN , SOMETIMES SEA-SICK , ALWAYS RACKED WITH DOUBTS AND JE ALOUSIES - ALTHOUGH NO NEED , OF COURSE - BY GOD THERE ARE M ANY PEOPLE I MIGHT SUE FOR SLANDER IF I HAD A MIND - BUT THE FEVERS OF THE MIDDLE-AGED LOVER KNOW NO REASON - THEY GROW TO AN OBSESSION - BUT ENOUGH OF THAT . $ IT WAS NOT WHAT I MEANT TO SPEAK OF . $ YOU MAY REGARD IT AS A SIMPLE CASE - OF A MAN WHO HASN'T SEE N HIS MUCH-BELOVED MISTRESS FOR TWO YEARS , AND VERY LITTLE OF HER FOR FIVE - FOR SINCE I WAS RELIEVED OF MY COMMAND AT NAPLES THEIR LORDSHIPS HAVE BEEN MOST DILIGENT IN KEEPING LA DY HAMILTON AND ME APART . $ NO , BARHAM , FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS , TRY TO SEE MY CASE ! $ 05 I SEE YOUR CASE , MY LORD , AND AM INDEED MOST SORRY FOR IT . $ 01 THEN YOU WILL TAKE THAT LOOK OF DISAPPROVAL FROM YOUR FAC E ? $ 05 MY FACE CAN HARDLY EXPRESS WHAT I DO NOT FEEL . $ A CASE SUCH AS YOURS IS NOT ONE TO BE EITHER APPROVED OR DIS APPROVED . $ IT IS SIMPLY TO BE ACCEPTED . $ 01 WITH UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION ? $ 05 WITH COMPASSION . $ 01 I AM REBUKED . $ 05 NO , MY LORD . $ I REBUKE MYSELF . $ I HAVE TOO DULL AND PROSAIC A SOUL TO ATTEMPT UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH GOTHIC AND EXTRAVAGANT MATTERS AS THE FEVERS OF A MI DDLE-AGED OBSESSION . $ WOULD YOU CARE TO KEEP THIS ? $ 01 WHAT IS IT ? $ 05 THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY'S TESTIMONIAL ON YOUR RECENT O PERATIONS IN THE ATLANTIC . $ IT IS QUITE WORTH READING , AND WOULD ONLY INTRUDE AN HOUR O R TWO ON YOUR LORDSHIP'S WELL-EARNED LEISURE . $ 01 YOUR SERVANT . $ 05 LORD NELSON . $ #66 $ 15 I TELL . $ YOU STAY . $ ECCELENZA - $ 02 FART OFF . $ 15 ECCELENZA , IL SIGNORINO MATCHAM STA QUA . $ 02 YOU 'RE MAD , FRANCESCA . $ IT 'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT . $ 15 VI PIACEREBBE , NON E VERO ? $ QUANTE VOLTE STANOTTE ? $ 02 STAI ZITTA , CRETINA . $ CON COGNAC ? $ 15 NATURALMENTE . $ 02 NOT NATURALMENTE AT ALL . $ IT JUST HAPPENS THAT THIS MORNING I HAPPEN TO NEED IT LACED . $ 15 ECCELENZA ? $ 02 I 'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION . $ 15 SETTE ? $ ANCORA UN ANNO A MARE E - POUFF ! $ 02 YOU 'RE AN IMPERTINENT COW AND I WONDER WHY I KEEP YOU . $ 15 POUFF ! $ UN NODI VOSTRA ECCELENZA E SAREBBE LA VITTORIA DI NAPOLEONE . $ 02 ME SAY NO ? $ 15 QUALCHE VOLTA E NECESSARIO . $ 02 MAI . $ 15 NE ANCHE PER FARE MERTON PIU BELLO ? $ 02 I CAN BUILT TWO MERTONS ANYWAY , IF I CHOOSE . $ IT 'S NOT IN MY NATURE TO SAY NO , FRANCESCA - NOT TO ANYONE - BUT LEAST OF ALL TO MY NELSON , MY HERO , MY BELOVED , GR EAT JUPITER HIMSELF - THE LORD OF OLYMPUS - $ OH FARTING ARSES ! $ DID I BREAK MY SHITING GLASS ? $ THAT MEANS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK , IF I DID . $ 15 NO , NO , ECCELENZA , NON E SUCCESSO NIENTE . $ 02 I DIDN'T MUCH LIKE WHAT I SAW IN IT ANYWAY . $ LET 'S HAVE ANOTHER LOOK . $ IT 'S WORSE . $ WHAT 'S THIS YOUNG MATCHAM LIKE ? $ 15 UN RAGAZZO QUALUNQUE . $ 02 NO NEPHEW OF NELSON'S CAN BE AN ORDINARY LITTLE BOY . $ HOW DO I LOOK ? $ 15 BELLISSIMA EMMA HAMILTON , COME SEMPRE . $ 02 BITCH . $ BRING HIM IN . $ AND THEN GET ME ANOTHER PORTER . $ 15 CON COGNAC ? $ 02 POCHISSIMO , POCHISSIMO . $ 15 MANGIARE DOPO ? $ FAR ESTE MEGLIO . $ 02 MY STOMACH WOULDN'T TAKE FOOD THIS MORNING . $ WELL - PERHAPS I 'LL TOY WITH A PIECE OF COLD MUTTON IN MY B ATH - $ 15 SUA ECCELENZA VI ASPETTA . $ VENITE . $ VENITE . $ 02 MY DEAREST LITTLE GEORGE MATCHAM . $ COME HERE AND LET ME KISS YOU . $ YOU MUST FORGIVE ME , LITTLE GEORGE , FOR RECEIVING YOU IN M Y BED , BUT THIS MORNING , FOR SOME REASON , I AM AFFLICTED WITH THE PLAGUIEST MIGRAINE EVER . $ RECOMMENDED BY MY DOCTOR FOR JUST SUCH OCCASIONS . $ 11 I 'M SO SORRY , LADY HAMILTON . $ 02 IT WILL SOON PASS , I ASSURE YOU . $ WELL , DEAR YOUNG GEORGE , AREN'T YOU EXCITED TO BE HERE AND COMING DOWN TO MERTON ? $ 11 OH YES , OF COURSE I AM . $ 02 YES - I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU WERE A MATCHAM . $ ISN'T IT SUCH SPLENDID NEWS , YOUR FATHER BEING MADE SO IMPO RTANT IN THE CITY ? $ OH , MY NELSON HAD TO WORK HARD FOR HIM , I TELL YOU . $ I KEPT HIM TO IT . $ WE CAN'T HAVE ANY MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY NOT LOOKED TO . $ SO YOU 'RE YOUNG NEPHEW GEORGE ? $ THE LAST OF ALL THE NELSONS TO BE WELCOMED TO CLARGES STREET AND MERTON . $ OH , WE HAVE HAD SUCH A HOUSEFUL AT MERTON THIS LAST WEEK , ALL OF THE FAMILY , AND SUCH COMING AND GOING OF MINISTERS A ND PRINCES OF THE BLOOD , BUT THEM I DON'T GIVE A FART FOR , AND THAT 'S THE TRUTH , GEORGE , IT 'S MY NELSON'S FAMILY O NLY THAT I LOVE - AS I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT IS SHARED BETWEE N ME AND HIM . $ HIS FAMILY IS NOW MINE , GEORGE . $ YOU KNOW THAT , DON'T YOU ? $ 11 YES , MY LADY . $ 02 DON'T CALL ME ' MY LADY ' . $ 11 WHAT SHALL I CALL YOU ? $ 02 AUNT , OF COURSE , WHAT ELSE ? $ AUNT EMMA . $ YOU FAVOUR YOUR FATHER I SEE , WITH PERHAPS A TOUCH OF MY NE LSON ABOUT THE EYES - $ 11 OH , DO YOU REALLY THINK SO ? $ 02 THAT YOU FAVOUR YOUR FATHER ? $ 11 NO . $ THAT I HAVE MY UNCLE'S EYES ? $ 02 HIS POOR EYES . $ YES , YOU HAVE , GEORGE . $ YOU 'RE PROUD OF THAT ? $ OF COURSE YOU ARE . $ TO BE JOVE'S NEPHEW GIVES YOU A PLACE ON OLYMPUS TOO . $ I CALL HIM GREAT JOVE SOMETIMES TO TEASE HIM , BUT IT 'S NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH - IN MY OPINION . $ GREAT JOVE , IMMORTAL OF ALL IMMORTALS . $ OH , FRIG IT ! $ ALL OVER THE POXY BED - $ 15 QUELLO DI TAFFETA VERDE ? $ 02 JESU MARIA , NO . $ THERE 'LL BE A CROWD OUTSIDE . $ I DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE A CURATE'S PRICK . $ I 'D BETTER COME AND CHOOSE . $ HERE HOLD THIS . $ YES , GEORGE , YOUR UNCLE IS THE PERFECT PATTERN OF A HERO , TO STAND BEFORE THIS AGE AND ANY OTHER . $ A MAN BOTH GREAT AND GOOD , AND HOW RARE THAT IS IN THIS WIC KED WORLD . $ HOLD ME UP , YOU SILLY COW . $ IT 'S MY MIGRAINE , GEORGE . $ AND MY LORD AND I WERE A TRIFLE LATE LAST NIGHT TOO - $ 11 AT COURT ? $ I READ THERE WAS A BALL - $ 02 NO , NOT A COURT . $ HIS LORDSHIP AND I - WELL , WE DON'T FREQUENT THE COURT . $ #67 $ NOT THIS ONE , ANYWAY . $ NAPLES , OF COURSE , WAS DIFFERENT . $ THE QUEEN OF NAPLES - I COUNT AS PERHAPS MY DEAREST FRIEND I N ALL THE WORLD . $ HOW I MISS HER . $ YOU KNOW , GEORGE , SO CLOSE WAS HER DEAR MAJESTY OF NAPLES AND ME THAT WE WOULD SOMETIMES , WHEN SHE WAS LONELY OR SCAR ED OF THOSE DEVILISH JACOBINS WHO MURDERED HER POOR SISTER , MARIE - THE MARTYRED ANTOINETTE - WE WOULD SOMETIMES SLEEP ALL NIGHT TOGETHER IN THE VERY SAME BED . $ AND THE KING , HE WOULD DO EVERYTHING TO HONOUR ME TOO , BUT NOT , OF COURSE , QUITE IN THE SAME WAY . $ BUT THIS OLD ENGLISH ABSURDITY AND HIS GERMAN FRAU , THEY 'R E - WELL , THEY 'RE NOT REALLY ROYAL IN MY OPINION . $ LORD MINTO - AN OLD FRIEND OF MY NELSON'S , INDEED OF US BOT H - BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR SOME TIME . $ SHOW HIM IN HERE . $ HE LIVES IN SCOTLAND - OR SOMEWHERE . $ QUITE IN THE WILDERNESS - NOWADAYS - ALTHOUGH HE WAS OUR AMB ASSADOR IN VIENNA , WHEN ME AND MY NELSON VISITED THERE - $ WILL THE WATER KEEP HOT ? $ 15 CI STANNO DUE BROCCHE ANCORA PIENE . $ 02 HE 'S COMING DOWN WITH US TO MERTON . $ 15 L' AMBASCIATORE MINTO . $ 04 DEAR LADY HAMILTON , WHAT AN EXQUISITE PLEASURE , AFTER S O LONG . $ 02 I DON'T KNOW THAT I 'M SPEAKING TO YOU , MINTO . $ SINCE VIENNA YOU 'VE AVOIDED ME LIKE THE POX . $ 04 DEAR LADY , SINCE VIENNA I 'VE AVOIDED EVERYONE LIKE THE - PLAGUE - WHO DOESN'T HAPPEN TO LIVE IN ROXBURGHSHIRE . $ 02 THAT 'S NOT TRUE , AND I KNOW IT . $ YOU 'VE BEEN REPORTED AT COURT MANY TIMES . $ 04 AH . $ AT COURT . $ BUT NOWHERE ELSE . $ 02 YOU WERE AT THAT BALL LAST NIGHT , I 'LL WAGER . $ 04 OH YES . $ I LOOKED FOR YOU AND LORD NELSON . $ 02 WE WEREN'T ASKED , AND WELL YOU KNOW IT . $ 04 AN OVERSIGHT , SURELY ? $ 02 OVERSIGHT MY ARSE . $ THEY WON'T HAVE US , AT ANY PRICE . $ I DON'T MIND FOR MYSELF , BUT I DO MIND FOR HIM . $ TWO YEARS AWAY , THE WEST INDIES SAVED AND THEN - NOT SO MUC CH AS A COFFEE AT THE PALACE . $ NO MORE OF THAT . $ I CAN ONLY SAY , MINTO , IT DOESN'T TAKE YOU LONG TO LEAVE Y OUR BELOVED ROXBURGHSHIRE WHEN YOU HEAR MY NELSON 'S BACK IN ENGLAND . $ NOT THAT I 'M NOT GLAD TO SEE YOU , OF COURSE . $ 04 I HAD SOME BUSINESS IN TOWN . $ 02 YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOME BUSINESS IN TOWN WHEN IT WAS TO SEE ME , DID YOU ? $ ONLY TO SEE MY NELSON . $ LORD MINTO IS LOVED BY LORD NELSON BEST OF ALL PERSONS IN TH E WORLD - SECOND ONLY TO ME , OF COURSE . $ ISN'T THAT TRUE , MINTO ? $ 04 I WOULD BE HAPPY TO THINK SO , MY LADY . $ BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE ADDED THAT I RUN YOU A VERY POOR SECOND , FOR THE COMPETITION PROVIDED BY YOUR LADYSHIP IS , TO SAY THE VERY LEAST , LARGE . $ 02 LARGE ? $ 04 I MEANT THAT I UNHAPPILY POSSESSED NEITHER THE FIGURE NOR THE GENDER TO COMPETE IN SUCH A RACE - $ 02 EVERY WORD YOU SAY MAKES IT WORSE , YOU BEAST . $ THIS IS YOUNG GEORGE MATCHAM , MY NELSON'S NEPHEW . $ 04 MASTER MATCHAM . $ 11 LORD MINTO . $ 04 I ASSURE YOUR LADYSHIP THAT MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOU , CLUMS Y AS THEY ARE , BEAR NO ILLUSION WHATEVER TO YOUR MOST HANDS OME EMBONPOINT - WHICH SUITS YOU , AS ALWAYS , QUITE ADMIRAB LY . $ 02 IF YOU DID POSSESS MY GENDER , I 'D JUST CALL YOU BITCH A ND HAVE DONE . $ OH WELL , IT 'S HAPPINESS MAKES ME FAT - AND , LET ME TELL Y OU , MINTO , I 'VE HEARD NO OBJECTIONS ABOUT THAT FROM THE O NLY SOURCE THAT MATTERS . $ ANYWAY , WHEN MY NELSON GOES TO SEA AGAIN NEXT YEAR , I 'LL PINE AWAY TO A SHADOW , SEE IF I DON'T . $ 04 NEXT YEAR ? $ 02 IS HE NOT DUE A YEAR'S REST ? $ 04 HE 'S DUE A LIFETIME . $ 02 A LIFETIME WOULDN'T LAST HIM LONG IF YOU AND YOUR POLITIC IAN FRIENDS HAD YOUR WAY . $ BUT YOU WON'T HAVE YOUR WAY - NONE OF YOU . $ HE 'S GIVEN ME HIS WORD ON THAT - AND THAT 'S NOT LIGHTLY GI VEN . $ 04 I KNOW IT ISN'T . $ 02 NOR LIGHTLY BROKEN , NEITHER . $ SO I WANT NO MEDDLING , MINTO - FROM YOU OR ANYONE ELSE . $ SEE ? $ 04 MEDDLING ? $ 02 I KNOW YOU . $ LIKE ALL HIS FINE FRIENDS , YOU WANT THE TWO OF US SEPARATE - BY A THOUSAND LEAGUES OF SEA IF YOU CAN . $ YOU CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF WHAT MIGHT LOSE YOUR PARTY A F EW BOROUGHS AT THE NEXT ELECTION . $ NELSON LIVING WITH A WOMAN NOT HIS WIFE ? $ OH NO - WE CAN'T HAVE THE ELECTORS HEAR SUCH WICKED , MALICI OUS , SCANDALOUS THINGS ABOUT THE MAN WHOSE REPUTATION KEEPS MR PITT IN DOWNING STREET . $ 04 I MIGHT PERHAPS REMIND YOUR LADYSHIP THAT I AM A WHIG , AND THAT THE HOUSE OF LORDS HAS ANYWAY NO NEED TO WOO ELECTO RS . $ I PERSONALLY AM THEREFORE ABSOLVED FROM YOUR LADYSHIP'S SUSP ICIONS . $ 02 OH NO YOU 'RE NOT . $ WHIG AND TORY , COMMONER AND PEER , KING AND QUEEN , YOU 'RE ALL ALIKE . $ YOU NEED YOUR NELSON , AND YOU NEED HIM PURE . $ THERE 'S NOT ONE OF YOU DOESN'T WANT TO SPLIT US , AND WOULD N'T SAY AFTERWARDS IT WAS DONE FOR ENGLAND , NOT FOR YOURSEL VES . $ PERISH THE THOUGHT ! $ WELL , LET ME TELL YOU , MINTO , WHAT ENGLAND WANTS . $ ENGLAND WANTS A LIVE AND HAPPY NELSON , NOT A NELSON BROKEN AND SICK , AND HALF DEAD WITH LONGING . $ AND AS FOR ME , YOU DON'T CARE THAT - ANY OF YOU . $ NELSON DEAD AND I 'M THROWN ON TO THE DUST-HEAP . $ DO YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT , MINTO ? $ SO - ON THIS VISIT - NO MEDDLING , DO YOU HEAR ? $ 04 THE EPITHET ' BITCH ' I COULD PERHAPS AGREE TO BE SADDLED WITH , MY LADY , SAVING MY GENDER , BUT ' MEDDLER ' NEVER . $ SO , MAY IT JUST BE ' BITCH ' ? $ 02 I COULD LIKE YOU , MINTO , IF YOU 'D EVER LET ME . $ 15 IL BAGNO DI VOSTRA ECCELENZA SI STA RAFFREDANDO . $ 02 I GOT ANGRY WITH WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ' LARGE ' . $ YES , YOU CAUGHT ME THERE , I 'LL GRANT . $ STILL , WOULD YOU HAVE ME A FLAGPOLE ? $ PERHAPS YOU THINK MY NELSON WOULD , SO THAT HE COULD MORE EA SILY RUN UP HIS FLAG ? $ BUT HIS FLAG DOES WELL ENOUGH AS IT IS , THANK YOU VERY MUCH . $ LAST NIGHT IT WAS NAILED TO THE MAST , AT ' NO SURRENDER ' A ND WITH THE SIGNALS ALL AT ' CLOSE ACTION ' . $ GEORGE , INTO THE NEXT ROOM WITH YOU . $ YOU TOO , MINTO . $ 11 YES , LADY HAMILTON . $ 02 AUNT EMMA . $ 11 SORRY , AUNT EMMA . $ 02 DID HE UNDERSTAND THAT ? $ 04 AT THAT AGE THEY UNDERSTAND MOST THINGS , AND ENJOY THEM JUST AS KEENLY AS YOUR LADYSHIP . $ 02 NOT MORE INTERESTED IN THE DEAD PAINTING THAN IN THE LIVE MODEL , GEORGE ? $ 11 OH NO , MOST ASSUREDLY NOT - $ 02 ASSUREDLY ? $ IF I COULD HAVE SPOKEN LIKE THAT AT HIS AGE I MIGHT HAVE END ED A DUCHESS . $ 04 YOU MAY YET END A DUCHESS . $ 02 EMMA , DUCHESS OF BRONTE , VISCOUNTESS NELSON ? $ THERE 'S A CERTAIN MUCH TO BE HOPED FOR EVENT THAT HAS TO TA KE PLACE FIRST , MIGHT I REMIND YOU . $ BUT THEY DO SAY THE WINTERS AT BATH AREN'T TOO HEALTHY FOR T HE RHEUMATICAL . $ 04 THEY HAVE INDEED REPORTED A CERTAIN MALIGNANCY OF VAPOURS THERE . $ 02 GOOD LUCK TO THE VAPOURS , SAY I , AND DON'T LET THEM SPA RE ANY TOMS , OR ANY TITS . $ BY WHICH I DON'T MEAN SOMETHING VULGAR , MINTO - LIKE WHAT Y OU 'VE BEEN STARING AT THIS LAST FIVE MINUTES . $ #68 $ GEORGE , TALK TO LORD MINTO NOW , BUT DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD HE SAYS ABOUT ME , BECAUSE HE HATES ME LIKE THE POX - WHICH IS NOTHING , OF COURSE , SAVE THE GREATEST JEALOUSY . $ 04 WHO NOW , MY LADY , IS THE BITCH ? $ DO I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT WHAT OUR HOSTESS JUST SAID IS A J OKE ? $ WILL YOU JOIN ME ? $ 11 NO , THANK YOU . $ 04 NOT ALLOWED IT ? $ 11 OH , I 'M ALLOWED IT . $ 04 THEN HAVE SOME . $ IT MIGHT HELP TO REMOVE THAT LOOK . $ 11 WHAT LOOK ? $ 04 TO MEET LADY HAMILTON , FOR THE FIRST TIME , CAN , I KNOW , BE RATHER A SHOCK TO A JUVENILE SENSIBILITY . $ NEVER , I DARE SAY , MORE THAN TO A NEPHEW OF LORD NELSON'S . $ YOUR LOOK IS ONE OF SURPRISE , MASTER MATCHAM . $ REMOVE IT . $ IT WILL NOT BE POPULAR AT MERTON . $ YOUR GOOD HEALTH , SIR . $ 11 MY LORD . $ 04 SHE KEEPS A GOOD WINE . $ I WONDER WHO PAYS FOR IT . $ NOT YOUR UNCLE , I TRUST . $ HE HAS NOT PRIZE MONEY ENOUGH FOR EVEN A PIPE OF THIS . $ EXCELLENT . $ 11 I THOUGHT LADY HAMILTON WAS RICH . $ 04 RICH IN EVERYTHING BUT MONEY . $ SIR WILLIAM LEFT HER ONLY HIS DEBTS . $ BUT WE WERE COMMANDED NOT TO TALK OF HER . $ DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL . $ 11 OH YES . $ 04 WHERE ? $ 11 BATH . $ 04 AND DO YOU ENJOY IT ? $ 11 OH YES . $ 04 I 'M SO GLAD . $ AS ARIADNE . $ SHE WAS THEN , I BELIEVE , SIXTEEN . $ A RATHER MATURE SIXTEEN , OF COURSE . $ 11 ARE YOU FOND OF LADY HAMILTON ? $ 04 YOU SEEM , MASTER MATCHAM , TO HAVE INHERITED YOUR UNCLE' S FLAIR FOR SURPRISE ATTACKS . $ 11 I 'M SORRY . $ 04 DON'T BE . $ I ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH , EXCEPT WHEN I 'VE NEED TO TELL A L IE . $ I AM FOND OF EMMA HAMILTON . $ SHE 'S A VERY GENEROUS AND GOOD-HEARTED LADY - LOYAL , PASSI ONATE , AND KIND . $ 11 KIND ? $ 04 VERY KIND . $ EXCEPT , OF COURSE , TO HER ENEMIES - BUT AS THEY ARE MAINLY NEAPOLITAN REVOLUTIONARIES - $ 11 I WAS THINKING OF AN ENEMY NEARER HOME . $ 04 AH . $ BUT WHY FRET ABOUT HER EITHER ? $ 11 SHE 'S MY AUNT . $ 04 AN AUNT , SUPERSEDED BY EVENTS . $ YOU NOW HAVE AN AUNT EMMA . $ YOU HAD BETTER HAVE SOME MORE OF THIS . $ YOU STILL HAVE THAT LOOK . $ 11 NO , THANK YOU . $ IF YOU COULD ONLY EXPLAIN - $ 04 EXPLAIN WHAT ? $ 11 IT DOESN'T MATTER . $ I SHOULDN'T ASK . $ 04 I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD , MASTER MATCHAM . $ NOT BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS LIKELY TO BE IMPROPER BUT BECAUS E IT IS LIKELY TO BE UNANSWERABLE . $ WHAT DOES LORD NELSON SEE IN HER ? $ IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT EXPLAINED ? $ WHAT DOES ONE PERSON SEE IN ANOTHER PERSON ? $ THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND WILL BE ASKED TO THE END OF IT - AND THERE IS VERY RARELY A N ANSWER , MASTER MATCHAM . $ 11 BUT HE 'S A GREAT MAN . $ YOU DO BELIEVE THAT , DON'T YOU ? $ 04 OH YES . $ 11 GREAT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAS DONE OR BECAUSE OF WHAT HE I S ? $ 04 I THINK YOU SHOULD REFER THAT QUESTION TO CAPTAIN HARDY , HIS FLAG CAPTAIN . $ HE CAN SPEAK FOR HIM IN BOTH CAPACITIES BETTER THAN I . $ I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR HIM AS A MAN IN LOVE . $ 11 ABOVE ALL THINGS , I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE COULD ALLOW HER TO TREAT HIS WIFE THE WAY SHE DOES . $ 04 YOUR EX-AUNT FRANCES ? $ IN WHAT WAY DOES SHE TREAT HER ? $ DOES SHE SEND POISONED PORK PIES TO BATH ? $ 11 SHE 'S BRIBED HIS WHOLE FAMILY TO DESERT HER . $ 04 THEY 'VE DESERTED HER READILY ENOUGH , AND I 'D SAY THAT ANY BRIBES HAVE BEEN HIS , NOT HERS . $ 11 OH NO ! $ THAT 'S A LIE . $ 04 MASTER MATCHAM , YOU ARE NOT QUITE OLD ENOUGH YET TO CHAL LENGE AND NOT QUITE YOUNG ENOUGH TO PUT ACROSS MY KNEE . $ I REALLY THINK YOU MUST WITHDRAW THAT OBSERVATION . $ 11 I 'M SORRY - I 'M VERY SORRY , MY LORD - BUT IT CAN'T BE LORD NELSON . $ IT JUST CAN'T BE - $ THAT 'S ALL I MEANT - $ 04 VERY LIKELY NOT . $ IT HARDLY MATTERS , ANYWAY , AS THE WIFE IN QUESTION IS , I HEAR , PERFECTLY CONTENT WITH HER TWO THOUSAND A YEAR , AND HER REFLECTED GLORY IN THE SOCIETY OF BATH . $ 11 THAT ISN'T TRUE - $ 04 AGAIN , SIR ? $ 11 I MEAN I KNOW THAT ISN'T TRUE . $ I 'VE SEEN HER RECENTLY AND SHE 'S VERY - WELL ... UPSET . $ 04 REALLY ? $ TEARS ? $ YOU 'LL LEARN ONE DAY THAT THE TEARS OF A NEGLECTED BUT COMF ORTABLY PENSIONED-OFF GRASS WIDOW AREN'T ALWAYS VERY REAL . $ 11 HERS WERE REAL . $ 04 WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE HER ? $ 11 A WEEK AGO , AND SHE GAVE ME A LETTER TO DELIVER TO HER H USBAND . $ 04 YOU MUST , OF COURSE , ON NO ACCOUNT , DELIVER IT . $ 11 MY LORD , I MUST . $ 04 MUST ? $ 11 I GAVE MY WORD . $ 04 OH GOD , DELIVER ME FROM A SCHOOLBOY'S HONOUR ! $ DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY YOUR UNCLE'S PEACE OF MIND ? $ 11 OH NO ! $ OH HEAVEN , NO ! $ 04 THEN GIVE ME THAT LETTER AND LET ME TEAR IT UP . $ OR , BETTER STILL , RETURN IT TO HER UNREAD . $ 11 IT 'S ALREADY BEEN RETURNED TO HER OPENED AND UNREAD . $ THAT 'S WHY I 'M TAKING IT DOWN , SO THAT THIS TIME HE 'LL R ECEIVE IT AT LEAST . $ 04 WHO RETURNED IT ? $ 11 MR DAVIDSON . $ 04 BY WHOSE COMMAND DID DAVIDSON RETURN AN OPENED LETTER ? $ 11 WELL , ON THE COVER IT SAYS BY LORD NELSON . $ IT ACTUALLY READS : ' OPENED BY MISTAKE BY LORD NELSON BUT N OT READ ' - BUT , MY LORD , IT STANDS TO REASON - $ 04 NOTHING SIR , IN LORD NELSON'S PRESENT LIFE , STANDS TO R EASON . $ 11 OH NO . $ THAT I 'LL NOT BELIEVE . $ 04 I 'LL FORGIVE YOU THIS THIRD TIME , SIR , SINCE I 'LL NOT BELIEVE IT EITHER . $ BUT DAVIDSON DOESN'T TAKE HIS ORDERS FROM LADY HAMILTON . $ 11 STILL SHE MUST HAVE OPENED IT , AND TOLD HIM IT WAS A BAD , VILE LETTER , FULL OF ABUSE AND THAT HE MUSTN'T READ IT . $ THEN SHE MUST HAVE GOT HIM TO ORDER DAVIDSON TO SEND IT BACK . $ THAT 'S HOW I 'VE WORKED IT OUT . $ 04 YOU HAVE WORKED IT OUT MOST INGENIOUSLY , MASTER MATCHAM . $ A VERY REASONABLE SOLUTION . $ 11 YOU 'RE NOT STILL HINTING - $ 04 I 'M HINTING NOTHING , EXCEPT THAT I WANT THAT LETTER KEP T FROM LORD NELSON , AND I WANT YOU TO GIVE IT TO ME NOW . $ 11 NO . $ 04 I AM A PACIFIC MAN AND DEPLORE VIOLENCE , BUT IT HAS SUDD ENLY OCCURRED TO ME THAT I AM , FOR ONCE , IN THE POSITION O F FACING DEFIANCE FROM SOMEONE WHO IS RATHER SMALLER THAN MY SELF . $ #69 $ YOU WILL GIVE ME THAT LETTER AT ONCE , SIR . $ 11 IT 'S UNDER LOCK AND KEY . $ 04 YOU HAVE THE KEY ON YOU ? $ 11 NO . $ YOU CAN PUT YOUR SWORD TO MY THROAT , MY LORD , BUT I 'LL GI VE THAT LETTER TO ONLY ONE MAN ; THE MAN TO WHOM IT WAS ADDR ESSED . $ 04 YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING MASTER BETTY ON THE STAGE RECENTLY ? $ 11 I SAW HIM AT BATH . $ 04 I DON'T HAPPEN TO BE WEARING A SWORD , NOR INDEED HAVE I THESE TWENTY YEARS . $ THIS IS NO MATTER FOR BOYISH HEROICS , SIR , I BEG . $ YOU HAVE A CHARGE OF GUNPOWDER UNDER LOCK AND KEY AND YOU AP PARENTLY INTEND TO IGNITE IT IN YOUR UNCLE'S FACE . $ BELIEVE ME , IT WILL EXPLODE AS HURTFULLY TO YOU AS TO HIM . $ AND ALL BECAUSE A JEALOUS WIFE SQUEEZED OUT SOME EASY TEARS INTO YOUR LAP . $ 11 SHE CRIED THE WAY I 'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE CRY BEFORE IN M Y WHOLE LIFE - OR AT LEAST NOT A GROWN-UP . $ SHE CRIED FROM DEEP , DEEP DOWN IN HERSELF , AS IF SHE WERE ILL . $ IT WAS TERRIBLE . $ I 'LL NEVER FORGET IT AS LONG AS I LIVE . $ 04 YOU MUST TRY . $ 11 I CAN'T . $ AND I NEVER WILL . $ 04 THEN AT LEAST KEEP IT TO YOURSELF . $ HE 'LL NOT THANK YOU , I PROMISE , FOR HAVING SEEN TOM TIT I N TEARS . $ 11 WHY SHOULD WHAT 'S HAPPENED MAKE HIM TURN SO MUCH AGAINST HIS WIFE ? $ 04 I DON'T KNOW , AND NOR DOES ANYONE ELSE . $ BUT I MUST EARNESTLY BEG YOU NOT TO DELIVER TO HIM THAT LETT ER . $ YOU CAN AT LEAST POSTPONE DELIVERY UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT ? $ 11 WELL , PERHAPS , JUST FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS . $ 04 IN THE MEANTIME , I SEE I SHALL HAVE TO SPEAK TO LADY NEL SON MYSELF , WHICH WILL PUT ME IN THE UNLIKELY ROLE OF TRYIN G TO PUT OUT A FIRE IN A POWDER MAGAZINE . $ I HAVE NO DOUBT BUT THAT I 'LL BE BLOWN TO PIECES , WITH NO POSTHUMOUS MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY TO CONSOLE MY FAMILY . $ 02 HE 'S BROUGHT THE BIGGEST CROWD YET . $ I WAS LOOKING OUT OF THE CLOSET WINDOW . $ 04 WAS THAT QUITE WISE , MY LADY ? $ 02 OH , YOU 'RE SUCH A PRUDE . $ THE CROWD HAVE OFTEN SEEN ME WITH NOTHING ON . $ THEY LIKE IT . $ 04 I 'M SURE , BUT - $ 02 THEY WERE HOLDING UP BABIES FOR HIM TO BLESS . $ OH GEORGE , AREN'T YOU PROUD ? $ 11 YES , LADY HAMILTON . $ 02 AUNT EMMA . $ I NEARLY HUZZAED MYSELF OUT OF THE WINDOW . $ 04 THAT WOULD HAVE PLEASED THE CARTOONISTS - $ 02 THE CARTOONISTS ? $ THOSE BUGGERS AREN'T WORTH MY PISS - $ YOU KEPT YOUR PROMISE ? $ 01 DID YOU DOUBT ME ? $ 02 IN THAT POXY ADMIRALTY I ALWAYS DOUBT YOU . $ THOSE PEOPLE IN THERE COULD GET YOU TO GO OUT TOMORROW . $ DID YOU ASK FOR A YEAR ? $ 01 I DIDN'T SPECIFY . $ 02 YOU PROMISED - $ 01 I JUST TOLD HIM I WASN'T GOING OUT NOW , TO CADIZ - AND I NSISTED MY REFUSAL BE ACCEPTED . $ BUT IT 'LL BE A YEAR , MY HEART , NEVER FEAR . $ A WHOLE YEAR - I PROMISE . $ 02 OH I DO FEAR , NELSON . $ 01 DON'T . $ 02 WE HAVE COMPANY . $ 01 WHY , MINTO - YOU HAVE OBEYED YOUR SUMMONS ! $ BY GOD , I 'M MOST HEARTILY FLATTERED AND MORE HAPPY TO SEE YOU THAN I CAN PROPERLY TELL YOU . $ YOU 'VE GROWN THIN UP NORTH . $ WE 'LL ALTER THAT AT MERTON . $ EMMA IS THE MOST PERFECT HOUSEKEEPER IN THE WORLD - IF A THO UGHT EXTRAVAGANT IN THESE DAYS OF HIGH PRICES . $ 02 ENOUGH OF THAT , NELSON . $ ALL 'S DONE FOR YOU AND NO ONE ELSE . $ THIS IS MASTER - $ 01 I KNOW WHO THIS IS . $ DEAR NEPHEW GEORGE ! $ MY DEAREST , DEAREST BOY ! $ HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU ! $ BUT YOU HAVE GROWN SO MUCH I HAD PAINS TO RECOGNISE YOU . $ BY GOD , YOU LOOK OLDER THAN I DID WHEN I WAS FIRST MADE A C APTAIN , DOESN'T HE , EMMA ? $ 02 HOW DO I KNOW ? $ WHEN YOU WERE FIRST MADE A CAPTAIN WE HADN'T MET . $ 01 PERHAPS THAT IS JUST AS WELL . $ 02 NELSON ! $ 01 FOR THE NAVY'S SAKE , I MEAN , NOT MY OWN . $ 02 BUT THAT 'S WORSE . $ DO YOU WANT YOUNG GEORGE TO THINK THAT HIS AUNT EMMA'S INFLU ENCE ON NELSON HAS BEEN BAD FOR THE COUNTRY ? $ 01 ALL I MEANT , GEORGE , WAS THAT TO HAVE MET LADY HAMILTON AS A YOUTH MIGHT - TO THE DETRIMENT OF MY LATER SERVICE - H AVE MADE ME CHARY OF RISKING A LIFE SUDDENLY GROWN TOO PRECI OUS TO LOSE . $ 02 THAT 'S BETTER . $ HE CAN TURN QUITE A PHRASE FOR A SAILOR , CAN'T HE ? $ 01 EMMA , WHY ARE YOU UNDRESSED BEFORE THESE MEN ? $ 02 OH , THEY 'RE NOT REALLY MEN , NELSON - I MEAN ONE 'S A B OY AND THE OTHER 'S A - WELL , HE 'S FROM ROXBURGH . $ CAPTAIN HARDY . $ SHOW HIM UP . $ HARDY , I 'LL AGREE , DOES COUNT AS A MAN . $ WHAT 'S MORE , HE THINKS I 'M THE WHORE OF BABYLON EVEN WHEN I 'M IN MY WINTER WOOLLIES . $ I 'LL NOT BE LONG . $ 01 MAY I COME IN WITH YOU ? $ 02 YOU 'D BEST RECEIVE YOUR PRECIOUS HARDY HERE FIRST , HADN 'T YOU ? $ 01 I 'M NOT ANXIOUS TO . $ YOU OF ALL PEOPLE KNOW WHY . $ 02 COWARD ! $ SCARED OF HIS OWN FLAG CAPTAIN ! $ WHAT A HERO ! $ YOU TELL HIM NOW AND GET IT OVER . $ 01 THE CROWD SEEMED EVEN BIGGER THAN AFTER COPENHAGEN . $ IT 'S SURPRISING AFTER TWO YEARS . $ OH , HOW I LONG SOMETIMES TO WALK IN LONDON UNRECOGNISED . $ BUT HOW CAN I DO IT ? $ 11 PERHAPS , UNCLE HORATIO , IF YOU DIDN'T WEAR ALL YOUR STA RS AND DECORATIONS - $ 01 YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT , GEORGE . $ IT 'S MY VANITY THAT BETRAYS ME . $ 11 OH , I DIDN'T MEAN THAT . $ 01 THE BOY 'S RIGHT , MINTO . $ EVEN FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FIRST LORD , I COULD WEAR A P LAIN SUIT . $ I AM ON LEAVE . $ BUT DAMME , I LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT I 'VE DONE ! $ I SUPPOSE , MINTO , THAT YOU 'D CALL THAT BABYISH ? $ 04 WILL YOU NEVER FORGIVE ME FOR THAT UNFORTUNATE REMARK ? $ 01 NO , BY GOD , I WON'T . $ HE ONCE TOLD ME THAT ASHORE I WAS A BABE IN ARMS , WHILE AT SEA - WELL , NO MATTER - $ 04 AT SEA , AN ALEXANDER . $ 01 WAS IT ALEXANDER ? $ WELL , GEORGE , IN BOTH HE EXAGGERATED DEEPLY - $ 17 CAPTAIN HARDY . $ 01 MY NEPHEW , GEORGE MATCHAM . $ AND LORD MINTO , WHOM I EXPECT YOU KNOW - $ 06 WHY , YES . $ IT 'S A GREAT PLEASURE . $ 04 MINE TOO , CAPTAIN . $ 06 HER LADYSHIP ? $ 01 IS GETTING READY . $ I THINK PERHAPS - IF YOU 'LL EXCUSE ME - $ 06 BEFORE YOU GO - I TAKE IT YOU 'VE SEEN THE FIRST LORD ? $ HAS HE NEWS WHERE VILLENEUVE 'S GONE ? $ 01 YES , HARDY - HE HAS . $ 06 WHERE ? $ NORTH ? $ 01 NO , SOUTH . $ IN FACT , CADIZ . $ #70 $ 06 CADIZ ? $ CADIZ ? $ HE CAN'T STAY THERE LONG . $ 01 NO . $ 06 CADIZ ! $ THAT 'S THE BEST NEWS EVER . $ WE 'LL CATCH THEM , THEN . $ HOW MANY SHIPS ? $ 01 SOMETHING OVER THIRTY . $ 06 AND HOW MANY CAN WE MUSTER ? $ 01 ENOUGH . $ 06 AS MANY AS THEIRS ? $ 01 WHO WANTS AS MANY AS THEIRS , HARDY ? $ I SAID ENOUGH . $ 06 THAT 'S GOOD . $ THAT CAN GO IN THE PRESS WHEN THE NEWS IS OUT . $ SO WHEN DOES THE VICTORY SAIL ? $ 01 IT MUST BE SOON - FOR IT 'S SURE THAT THEY 'LL NEED EVERY SHIP THEY CAN SPARE . $ 06 EVERY SHIP ? $ 01 AND EVERY CAPTAIN , TOO . $ I DON'T DOUBT YOU 'LL HAVE YOUR ORDERS TO SAIL THE VICTORY S OUTH IN A FEW DAYS . $ 06 YES , MY LORD . $ 01 SHE 'S STILL A GOOD ENOUGH SHIP FOR THE KIND OF PELL-MELL BATTLE THIS IS LIKELY TO BE . $ PERHAPS COLLINGWOOD WILL CHOOSE TO FLY HIS FLAG IN HER RATHE R THAN THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN . $ I KNOW I WOULD , IF I HAD MY CHOICE , IN SPITE OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN'S NEW COPPER AND THE VICTORY'S BARNACLES OF TWO YE ARS - CAPTAIN HARDY . $ 06 LORD NELSON . $ I NEED SOME RUM . $ 04 I DON'T THINK SHE KEEPS IT . $ 06 NOT KEEP RUM ? $ WHAT KIND OF AN ADMIRAL'S LADY IS SHE - $ 04 IN SOME THINGS - UNSUITABLE . $ 06 IN SOME THINGS ? $ 04 THERE 'S GOOD WINE , CAPTAIN . $ AND BRANDY , OF COURSE . $ 06 FRENCH MUCK . $ THERE 'S NOTHING HERE THAT 'S ENGLISH AT ALL . $ YES THERE IS . $ GIN . $ A WHORE'S DRINK . $ WELL , I 'LL HAVE IT . $ THIS IS SUITABLE WOULDN'T YOU SAY , MY LORD ? $ 04 HE HAS BEEN AWAY FOR TWO YEARS , CAPTAIN . $ 06 YES . $ AND SO HAVE I . $ YOUR HEALTH . $ SIR . $ 04 YOU MAY SETTLE A POINT FOR OUR YOUNG FRIEND , CAPTAIN . $ HE ASKED ME EARLIER IF YOUR ADMIRAL IS ACCOUNTED A GREAT MAN FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE , OR FOR WHAT HE IS . $ I TOLD HIM TO REFER THAT QUESTION TO YOU . $ 06 HE IS GREAT IN BOTH . $ HOW COULD HE HAVE DONE WHAT HE 'S DONE WITHOUT BEING WHAT HE IS ? $ 04 YOU ARE WELL ANSWERED . $ 11 YOU MEAN HE WOULDN'T HAVE WON HIS BATTLES WITHOUT GENIUS ? $ 06 GENIUS ? $ GENIUS IS NOTHING AT SEA . $ NOTHING MUCH , ANYWAY . $ IT 'S KEEPING TO WINDWARD OF THE ENEMY LINE AND ATTACKING IT AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT TIME - $ THAT 'S PART OF HIS GENIUS . $ I MEANT SOMETHING MUCH MORE THAN THAT . $ I MEANT HAVING THE RIGHT SHIPS AND THE RIGHT MEN TO ATTACK W ITH . $ 11 OUR SHIPS AND SEAMEN ARE SURELY MUCH BETTER THAN THE FREN CH - $ 06 THAT 'S WHAT YOU READ . $ MAN TO MAN AND SHIP TO SHIP , I 'M NOT SO SURE , MYSELF . $ BUT IF THEY ARE THE BEST , WHO MADE 'EM SO ? $ DO YOU KNOW THE KIND OF MAN A BRITISH SEAMAN IS , MASTER MAT CHAM ? $ ' HEARTS OF OAK ARE OUR MEN ' ? $ DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT ! $ PRESSED INTO SERVICE , AS LIKE AS NOT - FOUR-FIFTHS OF THEM ARE - AND PRESSED MEANS KIDNAPPED IN CHATHAM OR PORTSMOUTH , KNOCKED ON THE HEAD AND THROWN INTO A LIFE AS BRUTAL AND SL AVISH AS ANY IN THE WORLD . $ IN NEWGATE GAOL THEY GET BETTER TO EAT THAN MAGGOTY BISCUIT , AND THEY DON'T GET TWO HUNDRED LASHES OF THE CAT O'NINE TA ILS FOR A BACK ANSWER TO THEIR GAOLER . $ TWO HUNDRED MULTIPLIED BY NINE ? $ THAT 'S A LOT OF BLOODY FLESH OFF ANY MAN'S BACK , MASTER MA TCHAM , AND THE THREAT OF IT KEEPS 'EM SERVILE ENOUGH - AS I T 'D KEEP YOU TOO - AND LORD MINTO I DON'T DOUBT . $ AND A BUMPER TOT OF RUM WOULD MAKE YOU BOTH DRUNK ENOUGH TO FIGHT A BATTLE . $ BUT WOULD YOU CARE OVERMUCH WHO WON IT ? $ I ASK YOU THAT STRAIGHT , BOTH OF YOU ? $ IF YOU WERE BRITISH SEAMEN WOULD YOU BREAK YOUR HEARTS IF TH E REVOLUTIONARIES WON THEIR WAR AGAINST US OR THE GUILLOTINE WERE SET UP IN PICCADILLY ? $ AND WOULD YOU RAISE THAT BUMPER TOT OF RUM TO THE HEALTH OF YOUR ADMIRAL ? $ 11 BEFORE THE BATTLE OF THE NILE THE MEN DID DRINK TO NELSON . $ 06 YES , SIR . $ TO NELSON . $ THAT 'S YOUR ANSWER . $ I DON'T RAISE THIS WHORE'S DRINK TO HIM NOW - FEELING AS I D O AT THE PRESENT - BUT THOSE MEN DO DRINK THEIR RUM TO NELSO N . $ THEY BEG TO SERVE IN ANY SQUADRON HE COMMANDS AND CRY LIKE W OMEN WHEN THEY HEAR HE 'S WOUNDED . $ DON'T ASK ME HOW HE 'S DONE IT , BUT IF IT 'S NOT BY A MIRAC LE , AND IT ISN'T , THEN IT MUST BE BY BEING THE KIND OF MAN HE IS . $ DO YOU KNOW , I 'M NOT SURE EVEN THIS GIN ISN'T FOREIGN - $ 04 THEY DO MAKE A PASSABLE GIN IN NAPLES . $ 06 I WISH TO HEAVEN HE 'D NEVER SEEN THAT GOD-FORSAKEN PLACE . $ AND IF YOU TWO GENTLEMEN CARE TO REPEAT THAT REMARK I 'LL BE AR THE CONSEQUENCES LIKE A MAN . $ 04 THEY COULD BE HEAVY . $ 06 THEY COULDN'T BE MUCH HEAVIER THAN NOW . $ COLLINGWOOD'S FLAG IN THE VICTORY ? $ I 'LL SHOOT IT DOWN MYSELF . $ 02 CAPTAIN HARDY , WHAT HONOUR YOU DO ME ! $ 06 IT IS I WHO HAVE THE HONOUR , YOUR LADYSHIP . $ 02 THE CROWD IS NOW QUITE IMMENSE . $ DID THEY GIVE YOU A CHEER , CAPTAIN , WHEN YOU CAME TO THE D OORSTEP ? $ 06 I AM HARDLY KNOWN TO THEM , MY LADY . $ 02 YOU SHOULD BE , AND , ONE DAY , YOU WILL BE , I 'M SURE . $ ONE DAY EVERYONE ABOUT MY NELSON WILL BE KNOWN . $ MINTO , YOU ARE TO COME IN THE CARRIAGE WITH US . $ MY LORD THINKS IT MORE PROPER - $ 01 THE WORD I USED WAS SEEMLY , EMMA . $ PROPRIETY WAS NOT IN MY THOUGHTS . $ 02 NOR EVER WILL BE , I TRUST . $ IT 'S A LONG JOURNEY , MINTO , AND YOU MIGHT BE GLAD OF IT . $ GEORGE , YOU AND CAPTAIN HARDY ARE TO FOLLOW IN THE SECOND C ARRIAGE . $ YOU MAY TELL THE GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE , IF THEY ASK , WHO Y OU ARE . $ THEY 'LL KNOW , OF COURSE , WHERE YOU 'RE GOING . $ 01 BY HEAVEN , GEORGE , YOU HAVE GROWN ! $ YOU MUST TELL YOUR MOTHER TO GET YOU NEW BREECHES . $ AND JACKET TOO . $ WHEN FANNY BOUGHT THE CHILDREN'S CLOTHES - $ 02 NELSON , ARE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING IN PRAISE OF TOM TIT ? $ 01 NOTHING EVER IN PRAISE OF TOM TIT . $ IT 'S HARDLY PRAISE TO SAY SHE HAD A GIFT FOR BUYING CHILDRE N'S CLOTHES - $ 02 I 'LL BUY GEORGE SEVERAL NEW SUITS BEFORE HE GOES - AT TH E BEST TAILORS . $ THAT 'S A PROMISE . $ 01 AND MOST EMMA-LIKE IN ITS EXTRAVAGANCE . $ PERHAPS JUST ONE NEW SUIT . $ 02 AND NEW BOOTS TO GO WITH THEM . $ 01 I 'M GLAD YOU 'RE TRAVELLING WITH US . $ WE HAVE A LITTLE MATTER OF BUSINESS TO DISCUSS . $ THE QUESTION OF A LOAN TO BE RAISED AT MY BANKERS - AND IN S UCH MATTERS I AM , AS YOU KNOW , A VERY GREAT BABY INDEED . $ 04 I 'LL NOT DENY IT . $ AND AS REGARDS BABIES , I HAVEN'T YET ASKED ABOUT HORATIA - $ 01 OH , MINTO , SHE IS SUCH AN EXQUISITE LITTLE CREATURE NOW . $ I 'M SO PROUD OF HER . $ AND SO IS EMMA - $ 04 SHE WOULD BE FIVE , OR THEREABOUTS - $ 01 FOUR AND FIVE MONTHS EXACTLY . $ 11 CAN'T WE GO DOWN ? $ 06 NO . $ LET THEM GET THEIR HUZZAS ! $ WE 'LL BE ANONYMOUS , AND FOLLOW LATER . $ 11 I 'LL GO AND WATCH AT THE DOOR . $ #71 06 WELL ? $ DID THEY CHEER HEARTILY ? $ 11 YES . $ OH YES . $ BUT - $ 06 BUT WHAT ? $ 11 SOME OF THEM LAUGHED . $ 06 DID THEY ? $ 11 THEY LAUGHED AT NELSON ! $ 06 WITH LADY HAMILTON . $ 04 IT SEEMS , THEN , THAT MY VISIT HAS ACHIEVED NOTHING . $ 03 OH , BUT YES . $ IT 'S GIVEN ME THE CHANCE OF SEEING YOU AGAIN , AFTER ALL TH ESE YEARS . $ I FORGOT TO ASK YOU . $ ARE YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY WELL ? $ 04 NEVER BETTER . $ 03 I 'M SO GLAD . $ 04 YOU WON'T RELENT ? $ 03 THAT IS AN ODD WORD TO CHOOSE - I MEAN IN THE GENERAL CIR CUMSTANCES . $ IF MY NEPHEW GEORGE CARES TO BREAK HIS PROMISE , THAT 'S HIS OWN AFFAIR , AND YOU MAY TELL HIM FROM ME THAT I WON'T BE A NGRY . $ 04 IF I TELL HIM THAT IT WILL BIND HIM EVEN MORE STRONGLY TO HIS WORD OF HONOUR . $ 03 YES . $ HE 'S AN HONOURABLE BOY , MY NEPHEW GEORGE . $ 04 YOU REALISE THAT YOUR HONOURABLE NEPHEW MAY WELL BE SERIO USLY BLAMED FOR HIS PART IN THE DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER ? $ 03 WHY ? $ HE HAS AN HONOURABLE UNCLE . $ 04 GOODBYE , MY LADY . $ 03 I WOULD SEE YOU TO THE DOOR , BUT I DON'T WALK SO WELL TH ESE DAYS . $ RATHER BIRDLIKE , AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD . $ ONE MOMENT . $ YOUR VISIT HAS AT LEAST SUCCEEDED IN ONE THING . $ IT HAS STIRRED MY CONSCIENCE . $ YOU HAVE A NOTEBOOK WITH YOU , I KNOW . $ WOULD YOU WRITE SOMETHING IN IT FROM ME FOR MY NEPHEW AND LE T ME SIGN IT ? $ 04 MOST GLADLY . $ 03 BUT TELL ME ONE THING FIRST . $ YOU BLAME ME FOR CHOOSING MY SCHOOLBOY NEPHEW AS A GO-BETWEE N . $ WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL ME , LORD MINTO , WHAT OTHER MEMBER O F MY FAMILY I MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN ? $ OR MUTUAL FRIEND ? $ WOULD YOU YOURSELF ? $ OR ANYONE ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF ? $ THE POST , I HAVE DISCOVERED , IS LIABLE TO INTERCEPTION . $ 04 WHY NOT THE ADMIRALTY ? $ 03 YOU THINK THE ADMIRALTY ANY MORE RELIABLE THAN THE POST ? $ HOW MANY FRIENDS DO YOU THINK I HAVE AT THE ADMIRALTY NOW ? $ 04 THERE ARE A HOST THERE WHO WOULD HEARTILY WISH LADY HAMIL TON DEAD . $ 03 BUT SHE ISN'T , IS SHE ? $ WELL , THIS IS FOR GEORGE . $ YOU CAN PHRASE IT AS YOU WISH . $ DEAR GEORGE , LORD MINTO THINKS YOU SHOULD NOT SHOW MY HUSBA ND THE LETTER I GAVE YOU , AND HE MAY WELL BE RIGHT . $ I MUST LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DECIDE , AND IN ORDER TO HELP THAT DECISION YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO READ THE LETTER YOURSELF . $ SHOULD YOU THINK THAT THERE IS ANYTHING IN IT AT ALL WHICH W ILL CAUSE MY HUSBAND ANY DISTRESS WHATEVER , THEN IT IS YOUR DUTY AND MY WISH THAT YOU BURN IT . $ YOUR LAWYER'S MIND WILL NO DOUBT FIND A BETTER WAY OF EXPRES SING THAT . $ SO LONG AS YOU HAVE THE MAIN POINTS TAKEN DOWN , I 'LL SIGN A BLANK PAGE . $ 04 I HAVE TAKEN DOWN EXACTLY WHAT YOU DICTATED , AND I WOULD PREFER THAT YOU SIGNED THAT . $ 03 VERY WELL . $ I ONLY WISHED TO SHOW YOU THAT I TRUSTED YOU . $ 04 IN THIS MATTER I 'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN TRUST MYSELF . $ 03 WHY ARE YOU SO APPREHENSIVE ? $ 04 I AM NOT A VERY BRAVE MAN , AND I AM AFRAID I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE THUNDER OF AN APPROACHING BATTLE ROYAL . $ 03 OH DEAR ! $ I AM INDEED SORRY TO BE THE CAUSE OF SUCH MELODRAMATICS , IN YOUR QUIET FAMILY CIRCLE . $ 04 I MUST CONFESS , LADY NELSON , THAT I MOST TRULY ADMIRE Y OUR SPIRIT . $ 03 THANK YOU . $ I HAVE SOME NEED OF IT THESE DAYS . $ 04 I DON'T DOUBT IT . $ 03 YOU ARE GOING BACK TO MERTON ? $ 04 IN TIME FOR DINNER . $ IT 'S BEING TAKEN EARLY AND I AM MOST STRICTLY COMMANDED NOT TO BE LATE . $ 03 HER LADYSHIP IS TO GIVE YOU ONE OF HER ATTITUDES , PERHAP S ? $ 04 NO DOUBT SOME BEGUILEMENT OF THE KIND . $ 03 I TRUST YOU WERE WISE ENOUGH NOT TO COME HERE IN YOUR OWN CARRIAGE ? $ 04 I HAVE NO CARRIAGE IN LONDON . $ IF I HAD , WOULD IT HAVE BEEN UNWISE TO HAVE USED IT TO COME HERE TO SOMERSET STREET ? $ 03 HOUSE NUMBER SEVEN , TO THE NORTH OF THE STREET AND HOUSE NUMBER FIFTY-ONE , TO THE SOUTH . $ THEY ARE BOTH USUALLY ON THE ALERT . $ 04 THERE ARE MELODRAMATICS , THEN , IN SOMERSET STREET ? $ 03 OH , WINDOW-WATCHING ISN'T MELODRAMATIC . $ IT 'S IMPORTANT TO HER TO KNOW WHO COMES TO SEE ME . $ I PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND WHY . $ 04 WELL - $ 03 IT 'S WRONG TO DETAIN YOU - BUT I HAVE NO ONE TO TELL ME THESE THINGS NOW . $ I MUST RELY ON THE NEWSPAPERS - AND THEY LEAVE OUT SO MUCH . $ HIS GOOD EYE - IS IT TROUBLING HIM ? $ 04 A LITTLE , I THINK . $ 03 HE WILL STRAIN IT . $ HE MUST ALWAYS WEAR THAT EYE-SHIELD WHEN HE WORKS AT HIS DES K . $ ALWAYS . $ TELL HIM THAT . $ 04 YES , MY LADY . $ 03 BUT NOT , OF COURSE , AS COMING FROM ME - $ 04 NO . $ 03 TELL LADY HAMILTON THAT IT MUST BE ALWAYS LEFT NEAR AT HA ND - OTHERWISE HE FORGETS IT . $ AND , LORD MINTO - IF YOU COULD - I DON'T SAY IT WOULD BE EA SY FOR YOU - BUT IF YOU COULD EVER GET HIM TO UNDERSTAND THA T I AM NOT HIS ENEMY , BUT HIS EVER-LOVING WIFE WHO , IF SHE 'S GIVEN THE CHANCE , WILL DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD FOR HIS GOOD - $ BUT WHAT 'S THE USE ? $ YOU 'RE HIS FRIEND , NOW , NOT MINE . $ I DON'T BLAME YOU . $ WITH NUMBER SEVEN TO THE NORTH AND NUMBER FIFTY-ONE TO THE S OUTH , WHO CAN NOW STAY FRIENDS WITH BOTH ? $ I REALISE THAT IT IS THE SITUATION THAT IS TO BLAME . $ 04 DO YOU ? $ DO YOU , FOR INSTANCE , REALISE THAT THERE IS NOT ONE OF YOU R HUSBAND'S FRIENDS OR FAMILY THAT WOULD REALLY WISH THE SIT UATION AS IT IS ? $ THAT SOME OF THEM - MYSELF AM ONE - WOULD GIVE NEARLY ALL TH EY HAD TO CHANGE IT . $ 03 WHY , THEN , DON'T YOU TRY TO ? $ 04 BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE CHANGED . $ NOTHING WILL CHANGE IT , EVER . $ EVER , MY LADY - FROM NOW TO DOMESDAY . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ? $ 03 I UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOW GONE FROM ME FOR GOOD . $ YES , I UNDERSTAND THAT . $ BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS GONE FROM ME TO A WOMAN WHO CAN DO HIS REPUTATION NOTHING BUT HARM - AND HAS ALREADY DO NE SO . $ IS THAT NOT TRUE ? $ 04 IT IS THE WOMAN HE HAS CHOSEN . $ THE WOMAN HE NOW LOVES AND WHO LOVES HIM . $ THE WOMAN HE WILL NEVER LEAVE . $ 03 I ACCEPT THAT . $ 04 BUT DO YOU ? $ OR DO YOU NOT STILL HOPE ? $ 03 I MUST SOMETIMES - HOPE - $ #72 $ 04 DON'T . $ PLEASE , LADY NELSON - I MOST URGENTLY BEG YOU - DON'T . $ FOR YOU , HOPE CAN ONLY MEAN DESPAIR , AND IF YOU COULD KILL THE ONE YOU COULD ALSO KILL THE OTHER . $ 03 I MUST THEN TRY TO KILL HOPE . $ 04 IT REALLY IS THE BEST - AND I SPEAK ONLY FOR YOUR OWN GOO D . $ 03 I 'M NOT SO MUCH CONCERNED WITH MY OWN GOOD , LORD MINTO , AS I AM WITH HIM . $ DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ? $ 04 YES , I DO . $ 03 BUT IF I GIVE UP HOPE SO , THEN , MUST THEY . $ THEY MUST CEASE TO PICTURE ME AS THE ' INVALID OF BATH ' . $ I AM NOT IN DECLINE . $ I AM NOT GOING TO DIE . $ THAT , IF YOU CARE TO , YOU MAY TELL HIM - AND AS COMING FRO M ME . $ LORD MINTO . $ 04 LADY NELSON . $ 02 AND SO THE GREAT HERO FELL AND ALL THE NATION MOURNED HIM ! $ BUT OF ALL WHO MOURNED HIM , NONE MOURNED HIM MORE PITEOUSLY THAN THE WOMAN WHO HAD BORNE HIS CHILD , THE WOMAN WHOM HE HAD CHOSEN OF ALL WOMEN TO LOVE AND KEEP , AND THE WOMAN WHO HAD CHERISHED HIM IN HER BOSOM AND LOVED HIM MORE THAN VERY LIFE - ANDROMACHE OF TROY ! $ BUT SHE KNEW NOT YET WHAT HAD BEFALLEN HER GREAT HUSBAND ... $ 06 WHO WAS HER GREAT HUSBAND ? $ 02 ONLY THAT HECTOR HAD GONE FORTH TO BATTLE - HECTOR , SON OF THE KING OF TROY - AND ANDROMACHE SAT IN HER DWELLING WEA RING A PURPLE MANTLE FRINGED WITH FLOWERS - AND SHE BADE HER MAIDENS MAKE READY A BATH FOR HER HUSBAND WHEN HE RETURNED F ROM BATTLE . $ BUT SUDDENLY A GREAT CRY GOES UP FROM THE WALLS OF TROY AND ANDROMACHE BOUNDS FROM HER COUCH - $ 15 ATTENZIONE . $ 02 - AND RUNS TOWARDS THE RAMPARTS . $ WHAT DOES SHE SEE ? $ OH , MOST HEAVY SIGHT ! $ NOT HECTOR SLAIN ! $ OH SAY HE IS NOT DEAD ! $ NOT DEAD ? $ NOT DEAD ? $ 15 E MORTO . $ 02 AH , SAY NOT SO ! $ IS MY LIFE , MY LOVE , MY ALL , NOW ONLY DUST ? $ 15 E POLVERE . $ 02 AH ! $ AAH ! $ AAAH ! $ HAS HECTOR GONE AND AM I NOW ALONE ? $ THEN DEATH , TAKEST THOU ME TOO ! $ AH , MY MAIDENS - COME QUICKLY , ALL MY MAIDENS , AND PREPAR E MY FUNERAL PYRE ! $ FOR I MUST DIE WITH HIM - $ 04 DID ANDROMACHE KILL HERSELF ? $ 10 IN EMMA'S VERSION , ANYWAY - $ 02 AH , MOST LUGUBRIOUS AND HEAVY WOE ! $ AH , DAY OF MISERY ! $ AH , NOXIOUS AND LAMENTABLE FATE ! $ 04 WHO WROTE THE WORDS ? $ 01 MY BROTHER WILLIAM - $ 02 AH MY MAIDENS , MY MAIDENS ! $ MOST WRETCHED OF ALL MORTALS AM I NOW ! $ ANDROMACHE WEEPS FOR HER DEAD HERO , THE BELOVED OF HIS COUN TRY AND THE GODS . $ THE CROWN O' THE EARTH DOTH MELT , AND WITHERED IS THE GARLA ND OF THE WAR ! $ THE ODDS IS GONE , AND THERE IS NOTHING LEFT REMARKABLE BENE ATH THE VISITING MOON . $ 04 BROTHER WILLIAM ? $ 01 SOMETIMES A LITTLE OF ANOTHER WILLIAM - $ 02 THE SOLDIER'S POLE IS FALL'N . $ YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS ARE LEVEL NOW WITH MEN . $ GREAT HECTOR 'S GONE , AND THE MIND BOGGLES WITH SIMPLE DISB ELIEF . $ THE GREAT DEFENDER OF OUR NATIVE HOME IS SLAIN , AND ALL THE NATION BEWAIL HIM - $ HUSBAND , I COME ! $ NOW TO THAT NAME MY COURAGE PROVE MY TITLE ! $ I AM FIRE AND AIR ! $ I COME , I COME . $ POOR , POOR ANDROMACHE ! $ HUSBAND - AH , MY HUSBAND ! $ THE REST IS SILENCE . $ 01 BRAVO , EMMA ! $ BRAVO ! $ YOU WERE NEVER BETTER , ON MY LIFE . $ 04 MAGNIFICENT AS ALWAYS , DEAREST LADY . $ IT IS NOT A PIECE I HAD HEARD FROM YOU BEFORE . $ 02 IT 'S A FAVOURITE . $ TONIGHT I WAS AS NERVOUS AS A PREGNANT NUN - SAVING YOUR CLO TH , REVEREND . $ #73 $ 04 THE VERY BRAVURA OF THE PERFORMANCE MAKES THAT HARD TO BE LIEVE . $ 07 YOU WERE SPLENDIDLY LIFELIKE . $ THOSE WORDS FROM THE OTHER WILLIAM WERE NOT MY DOING , MY LO RD . $ LADY HAMILTON IS SOMETIMES PLEASED TO MAKE CERTAIN ADDITIONS - $ 02 EMMA , BROTHER ! $ WHAT 'S THIS ' LADY HAMILTON ' ? $ SHALL I CALL YOU ' DEAN NELSON ' ? $ 07 OH , HEAVEN FORBID ! $ DEAREST EMMA , I WAS SAYING , IS SOMETIMES INCLINED TO INSER T CERTAIN PASSAGES OF HER OWN FINDING , AND SHAKESPEARE'S CL EOPATRA , IT SEEMS , IS ONE OF HER FAVOURITE HEROINES . $ 04 OF COURSE . $ 02 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT , MINTO ? $ 04 OF COURSE EMMA HAMILTON WOULD HAVE AS HER FAVOURITE THAT OTHER ' LASS UNPARALLEL'D ' . $ 02 LASS UNPARALLEL'D ? $ WELL , I 'LL ACCEPT ' UNPARALLEL'D ' AT ANY HOUR AND AT TEN IN THE EVENING I 'LL EVEN BELIEVE IN ' LASS ' . $ YOU THINK QUICK , MINTO . $ IF YOU 'D SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ' THIS DOTAGE OF OUR ADMIRAL ' YOU 'D HAVE HAD THIS IN YOUR FACE . $ CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD , YOU ARE NEW TO THIS HOUSE , AND SO NEW T O MY LITTLE ENTERTAINMENTS - $ 09 AT N-NAPLES ONCE I HAD THE P-P-PRIVILEGE - $ 02 OF COURSE , AT NAPLES . $ YOUR FRIGATE WAS IN THE BAY AND SIR WILLIAM AND I CAME ABOAR D . $ 09 IT WAS - OH DEAR - SOMETHING CL-CLASSICAL . $ 02 OF COURSE . $ BUT WHAT ? $ 09 OH DEAR . $ IT WAS SOMETHING - R-RATHER HAPPIER THAN THE PERFORMANCE YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN , I MEANT J-J-JOLLIER - $ I MEANT IT WASN'T A L-LADY M-MOURNING FOR HER L-LOVER'S DEAT H OR ANYTHING L-LIKE THAT - $ 02 HUSBAND'S DEATH - $ 09 OH , HUSBAND'S DEATH . $ YES . $ IN NAPLES YOU GAVE US A J-J-JOLLY LADY - $ 02 MY THOUGHTS IN NAPLES WERE PERHAPS SOMETHING JOLLIER , CA PTAIN . $ YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE LADY'S NAME ? $ 09 SHE WAS A B-B-BACHANTE - THAT 'S WHAT SHE WAS - OF COURSE - AND YOU MADE HER MOST ABANDONED AND TRUE TO LIFE . $ 02 BUT MY PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING - LESS JOLLY , I AGREE - HOW DID YOU FIND THAT ? $ 09 OH , QUITE PITIFUL . $ I MEAN - $ 01 THE WORD YOU USED TO ME ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE , BLACKWOOD , WAS AFFECTING . $ 09 OH YES . $ AFF-AFFECTING WAS WHAT I MEANT . $ I WAS MOST DEEPLY AFF-AFFECTED BY THE WHOLE THING . $ 02 I AM FLATTERED . $ IT TAKES MUCH , I AM SURE , TO AFFECT THE GALLANT CAPTAIN OF THE EURYALUS . $ OH ! $ HAVE I MADE ONE ? $ 01 NO , MY LOVE . $ THE NAME WAS MOST NOBLY REMEMBERED . $ IT IS IN FACT , BLACKWOOD'S EURYALUS THAT LATELY BROUGHT US THE NEWS FROM CADIZ ABOUT VILLENEUVE . $ 02 OH , OF COURSE . $ AND HE GOES BACK IN HER TOMORROW , YOU SAID ? $ YOU SEE , DEAR CAPTAIN , HOW WELL REHEARSED I AM IN ALL MATT ERS CONCERNING NELSON'S FLEET . $ 01 COLLINGWOOD'S FLEET . $ 02 WELL , IT WOULD BE MY NELSON'S IF HE WERE THERE . $ 09 NO DOUBT OF THAT , MY LADY . $ 01 BUT HE IS NOT THERE . $ HE IS HERE - $ 02 - AND MOST HAPPILY HERE - $ 01 INDEED OUTRAGEOUSLY HAPPILY HERE - SO IT REMAINS COLLINGW OOD'S FLEET , AND IT 'S COLLINGWOOD'S FLEET HE SETS SAIL TO REJOIN TOMORROW . $ 02 I WISH YOU A FAIR WIND , CAPTAIN . $ I SUPPOSE WHEN COLLINGWOOD FIGHTS YOUR BATTLE THEY 'LL MAKE HIM AN EARL . $ 01 DO YOU GRUDGE IT TO HIM ? $ 02 I WOULDN'T GRUDGE OLD COLL BEING MADE ARSE-LICKER IN ORDI NARY TO HIS MAJESTY - SAVING YOUR CLOTH AGAIN , REVEREND . $ - SO I COULD KEEP MY NELSON HERE WITH ME . $ WHAT WAS IT - IN MY ANDROMACHE - AFFECTED YOU MOST , CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD ? $ 09 AH . $ THAT IS A QU-QUESTION . $ WELL , LADY HAMILTON , WHEN YOU SPOKE OF H-HECTOR , I WAS MA DE TO THINK OF ANOTHER EVEN GREATER D-DEFENDER OF HIS COUNTR Y - $ 02 NOT TOO MUCH SO , I HOPE . $ THIS DEFENDER IS ALIVE AND SO I MEAN TO KEEP HIM - DESPITE T HE UNDERHAND WORK OF SOME WHO CALL HIM THEIR FRIEND . $ BUT STILL EUROPE'S GREAT DEFENDER ! $ LET ME SEE , LET ME SEE . $ HOW DOES IT GO ? $ YES . $ HIS LEGS BESTRID - BUT WHY PAST TENSE ? $ - HIS LEGS BESTRIDE THE OCEAN - IN WHOSE LIVERY WALKS CROWN AND CROWNETS - REALMS AND ISLANDS ARE AS PLATES DROPPED FROM HIS POCKET - $ 01 EMMA , DEAREST - $ 02 I WAS QUOTING A SPEECH OF CLEOPATRA'S . $ MOLL-CLEOPATRA - AS SOME OFFICERS IN YOUR FLEET CALL ME , I HEAR . $ 01 A PITIFUL JOKE , MY LOVE . $ 02 BUT THOSE WORDS ARE SHAKESPEARE'S - AND THEY 'RE AS TRUE OF YOU AS THEY WERE OF THAT SILLY OLD ANTIQUE ROMAN WHEN SPO KEN BY HIS STRUMPET GYPSY . $ CAPTAIN - ARE YOU LISTENING ? $ 01 IN THAT SCENE HER LADYSHIP OF EGYPT WAS SOMEWHAT EXAGGERA TING , I THINK . $ 02 THIS LADYSHIP OF ENGLAND EXAGGERATES NOTHING . $ WHEN I SEE A PILLAR OF THE WORLD I SEE GREAT JOVE HIMSELF - $ 06 IT 'S A WONDER SHE CAN SEE ANYTHING AT ALL . $ 02 I HEARD THAT , CAPTAIN HARDY . $ THIS IS MY HOUSE , AND IF I SHOULD CHOOSE TO TOAST THE GUEST WHO DOES SUCH HONOUR TO THIS ROOF IN WHAT TO YOUR PURITAN M IND MIGHT SEEM A GLASS TOO MANY OF BRANDY AND CHAMPAGNE , TH AT , I THINK , SHOULD BE MY AFFAIR AND NOT YOURS , DON'T YOU ? $ 06 I DO , MY LADY , INDEED . $ IT WAS ONLY THAT MY PURITAN MIND HADN'T PERHAPS QUITE GRASPE D THE FACT THAT THIS WAS YOUR LADYSHIP'S HOUSE . $ 01 MERTON IS OUR HOUSE , HARDY - YOUR HOUSE , EVERYONE'S HOU SE WHO COMES TO VISIT IT . $ AND MOST CERTAINLY IT IS EMMA'S . $ EMMA , MY DEAREST , CAPTAIN HARDY IS ANXIOUS TO TALK TO ME O N THE MATTER OF THESE DESPATCHES THAT BLACKWOOD TAKES TOMORR OW TO COLLINGWOOD - AND , AS HE LEAVES US EARLY IN THE MORNI NG - $ #74 $ 02 YOU HAVEN'T YET SPOKEN OF MY PERFORMANCE , CAPTAIN . $ I AM AFRAID YOU WERE MOST HEARTILY BORED BY MY DRUNKEN POSTU RINGS . $ 01 EMMA - $ 06 NOT BORED , LADY HAMILTON . $ FAR FROM BORED . $ NOR DID THEY SEEM SO DRUNKEN . $ I HAD HEARD MUCH OF YOUR LADYSHIP'S FAMOUS ATTITUDES AND CAN NOW , WITH MY DESCRIPTION OF THIS LADY YOU HAVE JUST SO FOR MIDABLY PERSONATED , MOST HAPPILY ENTERTAIN MY BROTHER OFFIC ERS IN THE VICTORY . $ IN THEIR PASSAGE TO CADIZ TO JOIN ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD'S FLEE T THEY MAY , PERHAPS , NEED SOME ENTERTAINMENT . $ 02 YOU MAY TELL THEM , IF THEIR CLASSICAL EDUCATION SHOULD W ANT AS MUCH AS YOURS SEEMS TO , THAT THE LADY I SO FORMIDABL Y PERSONATED WAS CALLED ANDROMACHE , AND THAT SHE WAS - IN T HE CLASSICAL SENSE , BUT NOT THE PURITAN - THE TRUE AND LOYA L WIFE OF HER HERO , HECTOR - AND THAT THEREFORE THE HOUSE S HE LIVED IN WITH HIM , WAS HERS AS MUCH AS HIS - $ 01 EMMA , I MUST BEG YOU TO STOP THIS STUPIDITY . $ ALL THAT HARDY MEANT WAS - $ 02 I KNOW WELL ALL THAT CAPTAIN HARDY MEANT , AND SO DOES HE . $ HE MEANT THAT I 'M NOT YOUR WIFE , NELSON - NOT BY VIRTUE OF MOTHER CHURCH . $ WELL , CAPTAIN - A POX ON MOTHER CHURCH ! $ I AM , BY EVERYTHING THAT IS JUST AND HONEST IN THIS WORLD , THE TRUE AND ONLY WIFE OF THIS MAN HERE - THE FATHER OF MY CHILD , HORATIA NELSON - $ 01 EMMA , PLEASE STOP THIS NOW - $ 02 TO ALL PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE , CAPTAIN - TO MY LORD'S FAMI LY , TO MY LORD'S FRIENDS , TO MY LORD'S SERVANTS EVEN - I A M LORD NELSON'S WIFE . $ TO THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND I AM HIS WIFE - AND A POX ON THAT OL D MADMAN OF WINDSOR AND HIS GERMAN BITCH OF A QUEEN ! $ THERE 'S MY LOYAL TOAST , CAPTAIN HARDY ! $ TO THE WHOLE OF THE REST OF ENGLAND , I , EMMA HAMILTON , AM THE TRUE WIFE OF LORD NELSON . $ 06 EXCEPTING , I WOULD SUPPOSE , TO LADY NELSON . $ 01 HARDY , THAT WAS UNFORGIVABLE . $ 06 I SHALL LEAVE . $ 01 NO . $ YOU WILL STAY HERE , HARDY . $ I COMMAND IT . $ 02 TELL THAT BUGGER TO GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE NOW , AND NEVER COME BACK . $ NELSON , I COMMAND YOU - $ 01 YOU COMMAND ME IN MOST THINGS , EMMA , BUT NOT IN THAT . $ 02 OH , INDEED ? $ THEN PERHAPS I SHOULD LEAVE YOUR LORDSHIP'S HOUSE . $ FRANCESCA - HAVE MY CARRIAGE BROUGHT ROUND AT ONCE - $ 15 SUBITO , ECCELENZA , SUBITO . $ 01 FRANCESCA , YOU WILL PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT , AND YOU W ILL LEAVE THIS ROOM AT ONCE . $ YOUR MISTRESS WILL RING FOR YOU WHEN SHE HAS NEED . $ 15 A VOSTRO ORDINE , SIGNORIA . $ JESU ! $ JESU ! $ 01 EMMA , YOU WILL APOLOGISE TO CAPTAIN HARDY FOR WHAT YOU H AVE JUST SAID ABOUT THE KING AND QUEEN . $ ALSO TO CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD . $ 02 APOLOGISE ? $ ARE YOU MAD ? $ 01 THEY ARE SERVING NAVAL OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING W HO MUST NOT EVEN BE SPOKEN OF IN SUCH TERMS IN THEIR HEARING . $ NEVER . $ UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 02 BECAUSE THEY 'VE SWORN A VOW OF LOYALTY TO HIS OLD LUNACY ? $ 01 YES . $ 02 AND VOWS ARE SUCH SACRED THINGS , AREN'T THEY ? $ 01 YES . $ 02 MORE SACRED , I DON'T DOUBT , THAN VOWS SWORN BY CERTAIN PERSONS IN THE BED-CHAMBER . $ 01 ALL VOWS ARE EQUALLY SACRED , EMMA . $ SOME THAT ARE MADE UNWILLINGLY IN CHURCH MAY HAVE TO BE BROK EN , BUT THERE 'S NO HAPPINESS IN THAT - $ 02 OH - NO HAPPINESS . $ THAT 'S GOOD . $ SO THAT 'S WHERE WE ARE NOW , IS IT ? $ MORE HAPPILY IN TOM TIT'S BED-CHAMBER THAN IN MINE ? $ WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO IT THEN , IF THAT 'S HOW YOU FEEL ? $ 01 EMMA , YOU ARE MAKING YOURSELF A SPECTACLE TO STRANGERS - AND ABOVE ALL THINGS ELSE IN THE WORLD I HATE THAT . $ IF YOU WILL APOLOGISE TO THE CAPTAINS , WE WILL FORGET IT AL L . $ 02 AND YOU 'LL LOVE ME AFTER ? $ YOU 'LL VOW THAT ? $ 01 I WILL LOVE YOU ALWAYS . $ THAT NEEDS NO VOW . $ YOU KNOW IT . $ 02 I DON'T KNOW IT . $ IF I DID THERE MIGHT BE NO NEED FOR APOLOGIES NOW . $ 01 DO IT , PLEASE , EMMA - FOR MY SAKE . $ 02 I 'LL DO BETTER THAN YOU ASK . $ TO SHOW THEM I MEANT NO REAL DISRESPECT , I 'LL SING THEM TH E NATIONAL ANTHEM . $ CAN I DO FAIRER THAN THAT ? $ AND ISN'T IT THE PROPER WAY TO ROUND OFF A PERFORMANCE ? $ KITTY ? $ WHERE 'S KITTY ? $ 11 I 'LL GET HER . $ MOTHER , MOTHER ! $ COME QUICKLY ! $ YOU 'RE WANTED AT THE HARPSICHORD TO PLAY ' GOD SAVE THE KIN G ' . $ 02 KITTY , I WANT YOU TO PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM , WHILE I SING IT . $ 12 OH , MOST GLADLY . $ 02 JOIN WE GREAT NELSON'S NAME , FIRST ON THE ROLLS OF FAME , HIM LET US SING . $ SPREAD WE HIS FAME AROUND , HONOUR OF BRITISH GROUND , WHO M ADE NILE'S SHORES RESOUND . $ GOD SAVE MY KING . $ THAT IS THE ONLY VERSE I KNOW - OR CARE TO LEARN . $ 01 WELL SUNG , INDEED , DEAR EMMA . $ I AM , AS ALWAYS , MOST DEEPLY FLATTERED BY THOSE WORDS . $ HARDY , SHALL WE TALK IN THE DINING-ROOM ? $ THE WEATHER SEEMS TO HAVE PUT MY GARDEN QUARTER-DECK OUT OF THE QUESTION . $ BLACKWOOD , WILL YOU JOIN US ? $ YOU CARRY THAT DESPATCH ON YOU FOR DETAILS ? $ 09 AY , AY , MY LORD . $ 01 IF THE REST OF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TO BE GOING TO YOUR BEDS - THEN I 'LL BID YOU ALL A COLLECTIVE GOOD NIGHT , AND A MO ST PLEASANT REST UNTIL TOMORROW . $ 18 GOOD NIGHT , BROTHER , BROTHER-IN-LAW , UNCLE , ETC. $ 02 YOUR LOVING AUNT , SISTER , SISTER-IN-LAW AND FELLOW GUES T - ECHOES THOSE SENTIMENTS . $ A PLEASANT REST ABOVE ALL . $ ABOVE ALL , THAT . $ A PLEASANT REST INDEED ! $ 04 GOOD NIGHT , MY LADY . $ 02 MINTO , YOU STAY . $ 04 IT IS RATHER LATE . $ #75 $ WHEN HAVE YOU EVER FOUND TEN PAST ELEVEN LATE ? $ 04 WELL , I HAVE SOME PAPERS - $ 02 MINTO , MINTO ! $ I KNOW YOU THINK ME A VULGAR , DRUNKEN SLUT , AND WISH ME DE AD , LIKE A MILLION OTHERS , BUT DON'T DESERT ME IN MY DISTR ESS . $ DO YOU WANT ME TO FACE THE THUNDER OF MIGHTY JOVE'S WRATH AL ONE ? $ 04 I HAVE A THOUGHT THAT MIGHTY JOVE'S THUNDER MAY QUICKLY T URN INTO A BABY'S DRUM ONCE YOUR LADYSHIP HAS APPLIED THE RI GHT ARTS . $ 02 THE RIGHT ARTS ? $ WHAT ARE THEY ? $ 04 YOUR LADYSHIP SHOULD KNOW THEM BY NOW . $ 02 OH YES . $ HER LADYSHIP DOES . $ BUT SO DOES HIS LORDSHIP - AND THAT 'S THE TROUBLE . $ OR BEGINNING TO BE . $ 04 WHEN THOSE ARTS FAIL , THE WORLD WILL END . $ 02 IT WILL , FOR ME . $ 04 AND FOR HIM . $ 02 TRUE . $ AND FOR HIM . $ SO THEY MUSTN'T FAIL , MUST THEY ? $ 04 THEY WON'T . $ 02 AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT I 'LL AGREE WITH YOU . $ TOMORROW MORNING , WHEN FRANCESCA BRINGS IN MY MORNING TANKA RD , I 'LL THINK DIFFERENT , AND BEGIN AGAIN TO WONDER . $ OH , MINTO , YOU KNEW ME FIVE YEARS AGO . $ WAS I QUITE SUCH A VULGAR , DRUNKEN SLUT ? $ OH NO . $ YOU WON'T ANSWER THAT , SO I 'LL ANSWER IT FOR YOU . $ VULGAR ? $ YES . $ YOUR LADYSHIP WAS ALWAYS VULGAR . $ BEING A BLACKSMITH'S DAUGHTER SHOWS - IT ALWAYS MUST . $ 04 NO . $ 02 THERE SPEAKS YOUR HUMBUG ENGLISH WHIGGERY . $ AN HONEST BLACKSMITH'S HONEST DAUGHTER CAN , IN OUR BLESSED LAND OF THE FREE , RISE TO THE MOST EXALTED STATION IN LIFE - SUCH AS EVEN AMBASSADOR'S WIFE IN NAPLES - AND RETAIN NEVE R A TRACE OF HER HUMBLE BEGINNINGS . $ A BLACKSMITH'S DAUGHTER ? $ PON MY SOUL , YOU 'D HARDLY KNOW IT , SAVE FOR HER INELEGANT BEARING , HER COARSE MODE OF EXPRESSION AND HER LARGE FEET - $ 04 YOUR LADYSHIP'S FEET - $ 02 ARE LARGE AND CRUSHED SO INTO SMALL SLIPPERS THEY GIVE ME HELL . $ BUT STILL - IF I 'M VULGAR IT 'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I 'M A BLA CKSMITH'S DAUGHTER , BUT BECAUSE I 'M PLAIN VULGAR - AND WOU LD BE IF I WERE THE DAUGHTER OF A DUKE - WHICH , TO A COUPLE OF DUKES I COULD MENTION , I ALMOST HAVE BEEN - AND GOD SAV E US ALL FROM INCESTUOUS THOUGHTS ! $ JESU MARIA ! $ DO YOU THINK I COULDN'T HAVE MADE MYSELF INTO A GENTEEL ENGL ISH LADY UNDER OLD SIR WILLUM IF I 'D SET MY MIND TO IT ? $ BUT GOD , WHO'D WANT TO BE AS REFINED AS , SAY , KITTY MATCH AM ? $ WHAT A DEATH IN LIFE ! $ SO - VULGAR I ALWAYS WAS , AND VULGAR I 'LL ALWAYS REMAIN - AND FOR CHOICE . $ BUT SLUT ? $ WHAT OF THAT , MINTO ? $ 04 YOUR LADYSHIP'S GENEROSITY IS KNOWN TO BE PRODIGIOUS . $ WHY SHOULD IT HAVE STOPPED SHORT OF THE BED ? $ 02 YES , I 'VE BEEN GENEROUS ENOUGH . $ I DIDN'T EVER TAKE MONEY EXCEPT IN MY 'TEENS . $ AND OLD SIR WILLUM - HE HAD NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT . $ HE DIDN'T WANT MUCH - POOR OLD LOVE - ALTHOUGH WHAT WITH MY STANDING STARK NAKED FOR HOURS ON A PLINTH IN DRAUGHTY ROOMS , WHILE HE POTTERED ABOUT IN HIS SPECIAL FASHION - I CAUGHT A PLAGUY LOT OF COLDS . $ POOR OLD SIR WILLUM ! $ WELL , I WAS AN HONEST WIFE TO HIM IN MY OWN WAY . $ OH , YES - THAT WAS SIR WILLUM'S WAY TOO . $ CUCKOLDED BY ENGLAND'S GREATEST HERO ? $ IT KEPT THE OLD BOY ALIVE . $ TO BE HONEST - A BIT TOO LONG FOR PROPRIETY'S SAKE . $ OH , WHAT A BOON WE ALL WERE THEN TO THE CARTOONISTS - WITH SIR WILLUM BEAMING FROM A BOX AT DRURY LANE - AND ME BESIDE HIM , EIGHT MONTHS GONE WITH HORATIA - AND NELSON ON THE OTH ER SIDE , SALUTED FROM THE STAGE WITH MUSIC AND DRUMS AND PA TRIOTIC TABLEAUX , AND TOM TIT TUCKED IN THERE INTO THE BARG AIN - $ 04 WHERE WOULD SHE SIT ? $ 02 BEHIND US , OF COURSE . $ SHE KNEW HER PLACE , EVEN THEN . $ BUT GETTING ALL THE SYMPATHY , THE BITCH ! $ THAT GENTLE , RESIGNED LOOK , THAT SMILE OF INFINITE UNDERST ANDING AND FORGIVENESS . $ OH , I COULD HAVE STRANGLED HER ! $ OH , MINTO - YES - I KNOW WHAT YOU 'RE THINKING . $ WHAT A HUMAN MONSTER SHE IS , THIS EMMA HAMILTON , TO HATE T HE WOMAN SHE 'S DISPOSSESSED AND HUMILIATED ! $ WELL , I DO - AND THAT 'S THAT . $ AND I DON'T HATE EASILY . $ BUT I 'M SCARED OF TOM TIT AND I HATE WHAT SCARES ME . $ 04 SHE 'S NO THREAT . $ WHY DOES SHE SCARE YOU ? $ 02 I DON'T KNOW . $ PERHAPS BECAUSE SHE 'S THERE ALIVE AND WAITING . $ 04 NOT FOR HIM - $ 02 I DON'T KNOW . $ BUT SHE 'S WAITING - AND MAKING HIM FEEL GUILTY AND MISERABL E WITH ALL THOSE PRINCIPLES HE LEARNT FROM HIS FATHER , THE RECTOR . $ YOU CAN'T BLAME HER . $ THAT 'S HER REVENGE . $ 04 AS AN AVENGING FURY SHE IS RATHER OVERPARTED . $ 02 OVERPARTED MY ARSEHOLE ! $ DO YOU THINK AN AVENGING FURY HAS TO BE A WITCH ON A BROOMST ICK . $ A GENTEEL AND RHEUMATIC ENGLISH LADY WITH A REFINED SENSE OF DECORUM , THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER ON HER LAP AND THE LAW ON HER SIDE DOES MUCH BETTER , I TELL YOU . $ GET ME ANOTHER DRINK , LOVE . $ IT 'S GOOD FOR FORGETTING FEAR . $ 04 I MIGHT REMIND YOUR LADYSHIP THAT IT 'S ALSO GOOD FOR BEC OMING DRUNK . $ 02 OH YES . $ I 'VE LEARNT THAT TOO . $ WELL , MINTO , THERE 'S ' VULGAR ' AND ' SLUT ' . $ NOW ' DRUNKEN ' . $ HOW DO YOU COMPARE THAT TO FIVE YEARS AGO ? $ 04 YOUR LADYSHIP HAS NEVER SEEMED AVERSE FROM FORTIFYING BY ARTIFICIAL AIDS A VIVACITY ALREADY RICHLY ENDOWED BY NATURE 02 JESUS ! $ 04 I THINK YOU DRINK MORE NOW , AND GET LESS DRUNK . $ 02 YES . $ YOU 'RE A SHARP ONE , MINTO . $ NOTHING MUCH ESCAPES YOU , DOES IT ? $ I DRINK FROM MORNING UNTIL NIGHT , AND NO LONGER FOR ENJOYME ENT . $ MINE OR ANYONE ELSE'S , IT SEEMS . $ STILL , HARDY , WAS A CHEEKY BASTARD TO HAVE SAID WHAT HE DI D . $ I 'M SCARED OF HARDY TOO - AND HE KNOWS IT . $ WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY 'RE PLOTTING IN THE DINING-ROOM ? $ 04 A BATTLE . $ 02 TO BE FOUGHT BY COLLINGWOOD . $ 04 AND - LET US PRAY FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE - TO BE WON BY HIM . $ 02 OH IT WILL BE . $ IT 'S NELSON'S PLAN . $ I 'M SCARED HE 'S TRYING TO SHAME NELSON INTO GOING OUT AGAI N HIMSELF . $ HE 'S FOXY , THAT HARDY . $ HE KNOWS WHAT THE MUTTERING OF A FEW WORDS LIKE ' DUTY ' , ' HONOUR ' , ' ENGLAND ' , WILL DO TO MY NELSON . $ HE 'S MUTTERING THEM IN THERE NOW - NEVER FEAR . $ AND I DO FEAR . $ I FEAR THAT MY ARTS - AS YOU CALLED THEM - MIGHT BE SUNK BY CAPTAIN HARDY'S HORNPIPE . $ 04 I DON'T THINK SO . $ 02 YOU DON'T ? $ I STILL LOOK WELL ENOUGH , DO I ? $ 04 AS DESIRABLE AS WHEN YOU SAT FOR ROMNEY . $ 02 DON'T SAY THAT ! $ I CAN EAT FLATTERY , GOD KNOWS , BUT IF YOU MENTION ROMNEY , THEN I 'LL KNOW YOU 'RE LYING . $ 04 I DIDN'T SAY BEAUTIFUL . $ I SAID DESIRABLE . $ 02 BY CANDLE-LIGHT , TO A MAN HALF-BLIND . $ BRANDY TEARS . $ 04 YOU MUST KNOW THAT BY CANDLE-LIGHT OR DAYLIGHT , HALF-BLI ND OR WITH BOTH EYES CLEAR , NELSON WILL ALWAYS SEE YOU AS R OMNEY SAW YOU - AS HIS DIVINE LADY . $ 02 BUT HOW DO I SEE MYSELF ? $ ANSWER ME THAT . $ WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNINGS AND LOOK AT MYSELF IN MY GLASS , DON'T YOU THINK I DON'T SAY TO MYSELF - BUT HE CAN'T LOVE THAT ! $ NOT THAT ! $ IT 'S TOO ABSURD . $ SO FRANCESCA FILLS ME UP WITH A FEW TANKARDS OF PORTER AND B RANDY AT BREAKFAST , AND BY EVENING I 'M THE DIVINE LADY AGA IN AND I 'M SAYING - BUT , OF COURSE NELSON LOVES ME , AND H E 'S DAMN LUCKY TO HAVE ME . $ BUT TONIGHT 'S DIFFERENT , I DON'T KNOW WHY . $ OH , MY NELSON - I DO LOVE HIM ! $ 04 I THINK YOU DO . $ 02 ONLY THINK , MINTO ? $ BY HEAVEN , I LOVE MY NELSON MORE THAN I LOVE LIFE . $ NO THAT 'S AN ATTITUDE AND I MUSTN'T ATTITUDINISE ABOUT MY F EELINGS FOR NELSON . $ WELL , I SUPPOSE THE TRUTH IS THAT I LOVE NELSON BECAUSE HE SEES ME IN THE ONLY WAY I CAN EVER BEAR TO BE SEEN BY ANY LO VER NOW - $ HE 'S BEEN IN THERE LONG ENOUGH . $ SHALL I SEE IF MY ARTS STILL WORK ? $ #76 $ WE HAVE A SIGNAL . $ AN ABSOLUTE SIGNAL . $ THE DAY HE FAILS TO ANSWER IT I AM LOST . $ MIND YOU - AFTER THE WAY I 'VE BEHAVED TONIGHT ... $ WELL , WE 'LL SEE . $ I 'M NERVOUS . $ 04 PERHAPS THE REFRAIN ITSELF IS MORE COMMANDING ? $ 02 OH NO . $ WE NEVER GET TO THE RULE BRITANNIA BIT . $ HE THINKS IT VULGAR . $ MINTO , DID I BEHAVE SO BADLY TONIGHT THAT HE 'LL NEVER FORG IVE ME ? $ MINTO , YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD SOME PAPERS TO READ . $ 04 I AM ALREADY APPENDING MY NOTES . $ 02 NELSON , THE CULPRIT BEGS FORGIVENESS . $ 01 EMMA , EMMA - $ 02 OH , MY LORD - I HAVE MOST GRIEVOUSLY OFFENDED , AND I HE REBY SUBMIT MYSELF TO YOUR LORDSHIP'S GREAT WILL . $ 01 YOU KNOW WHAT MY WILL IS , EMMA . $ WHETHER IT 'S GREAT IS ANOTHER MATTER - BUT IT 'S UNQUENCHAB LE - THAT 'S CERTAIN . $ 02 NO - I MUST FIRST HAVE YOUR GRACIOUS PARDON AND ON MY KNE E I BEG IT . $ 01 MUST WE BEHAVE LIKE THIS ? $ THERE 'S NO ONE HERE . $ 02 I THOUGHT YOU 'D LIKE TO SEE ME ON MY KNEE BEFORE YOU , A DMITTING MY FAULT AND CRAVING HUMBLE INDULGENCE . $ 01 I LIKE TO SEE YOU IN ANY POSITION BEFORE ME , BUT NOT NOW IN AN ATTITUDE . $ 02 YOU DON'T LIKE MY ATTITUDES ? $ 01 YOU KNOW I ADORE THEM AS I ADORE YOU - BUT NOT ALWAYS , D EAREST EMMA . $ NOT WHEN WE ARE ALONE . $ 02 I WAS VERY BAD , WASN'T I ? $ 01 IT 'S FORGOTTEN . $ 02 DIDN'T I CALL HIM A BUGGER ? $ 01 YES , BUT LET US HOPE , INACCURATELY . $ 02 I SHAMED YOU IN FRONT OF ALL . $ WHY DO YOU PUT UP WITH ME ? $ 01 DON'T YOU KNOW WHY YET ? $ 02 HAVE YOU FINISHED TALKING TO YOUR CAPTAINS ? $ 01 ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES . $ 02 I 'LL GO UP STRAIGHT . $ 01 PLEASE - $ 02 I 'LL MAKE IT SO GOOD TONIGHT - $ 01 YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT ANYTHING BUT WHAT IT ALWAYS IS - AND THAT IS BLISS ENOUGH . $ 02 WHO 'S ATTITUDINISING NOW ? $ 01 OH , IT 'S NOT AN ATTITUDE , MY DEAREST , DEAREST HEART . $ IF YOU COULD ONLY KNOW THE JOY - THE WONDER - YOU SEE MY HAN D IS TREMBLING - $ 02 AND THAT 'S NOT ALL . $ COME UP VERY SOON . $ WHEN I DO SHAME YOU , IT 'S ONLY OUT OF LOVE , AND FEAR OF L OSING YOU - $ 01 HOW COULD YOU EVER LOSE ME ? $ 02 COME IN , KITTY . $ 12 FORGIVE ME , DEAR BROTHER , DEAR EMMA - $ 01 COME IN , KITTY . $ WHAT IS IT ? $ 12 YOUNG GEORGE - IT 'S HIS LAST NIGHT . $ HE LEAVES VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND MAY NOT SEE YOU , AN D HE DOES SO WANT TO SAY GOODBYE . $ 02 SEND HIM IN . $ I LIKE YOUNG GEORGE . $ FIVE YEARS OLDER , I COULD MAKE YOU JEALOUS OF YOUNG GEORGE - $ 12 DEAREST EMMA - ALWAYS SO GENEROUS ABOUT THE FAMILY - $ AND HE HAS SOME SPECIAL MESSAGE HE WANTS TO DELIVER TO HORAT IO - $ 02 AND NOT TO ME ? $ 12 I DON'T THINK SO . $ HE 'S VERY SECRETIVE ABOUT IT . $ COME IN , DEAR . $ DON'T BE SCARED . $ AND PLEASE SAY ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO YOUR GREAT AND GRACIO US HOST AND HOSTESS . $ 11 I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE MOST MEMORABLE FOUR DAYS OF MY LIFE . $ 02 DEAREST GEORGE , I HAVE LOVED HAVING YOU AS MY GUEST AT M ERTON AND I PROMISE I 'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT WON'T BE LONG BE FORE YOU RETURN . $ 11 I AM MOST GRATEFUL , MY LADY . $ 02 WHAT 'S THIS MY LADY AGAIN ? $ 11 I 'M SORRY . $ AUNT EMMA . $ 02 DON'T BE LONG . $ AND TELL YOUR CAPTAIN HARDY I 'M SORRY FOR HAVING CALLED HIM A BUGGER - $ 11 I HAVE THIS TO GIVE YOU , UNCLE HORATIO . $ 01 WHAT IS IT ? $ 11 IT 'S SUPPOSED TO BE AGAINST THE AGUE . $ I WAS ASKED TO GIVE IT TO YOU BY OUR MAID AT BATH . $ 01 VERY KIND . $ 11 I TOLD HER YOU HAD HUNDREDS OF SUCH THINGS SENT YOU THROU GH THE POST , BUT SHE INSISTED I GIVE IT TO YOU PERSONALLY A ND TO BE SURE TO TELL YOU IT CAME FROM OUR BETSY . $ 01 I MUST REMEMBER TO WRITE TO HER . $ WELL - WHY DON'T I DO IT NOW , AND YOU MAY DELIVER IT TO HER ? $ I HOPE SHE WILL FORGIVE A PENCIL ? $ 11 OH , BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BOTHER - $ 01 OF COURSE I SHOULD . $ BETSY - YOU SAY ? $ 01 YES . $ BUT YOU SHOULDN'T STRAIN YOUR EYES , UNCLE - ESPECIALLY WITH WRITING LETTERS THAT AREN'T IMPORTANT - $ 01 OH , BUT A LETTER OF THANKS FOR A KINDLY THOUGHT IS IMPOR TANT , GEORGE . $ VERY IMPORTANT . $ WHATEVER THEY SAY OF ME , THEY MUSTN'T EVER SAY THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN MY MANNERS ... YOUR MOST GRATEFUL SERVANT , NELSON AND BRONTE . $ 11 SHE 'LL BE - I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE 'LL BE . $ I HOPE SHE DOESN'T SELL IT , THAT 'S ALL . $ 01 LET HER . $ BUT NOT FOR TOO SMALL A PRICE . $ YOU HAVE BEEN A MOST PLEASANT GUEST , GEORGE , AND ARE GROWI NG INTO A FINE YOUNG MAN . $ AS HER LADYSHIP SAYS , YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOME AT MERTON . $ 11 THANK YOU . $ THERE 'S JUST ONE OTHER THING . $ YOU MAY BE ANGRY - $ 01 WITH YOU ? $ NEVER . $ 11 I 'VE BROUGHT A LETTER TO YOU FROM YOUR WIFE . $ 01 THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE . $ 11 I GAVE A PROMISE . $ 01 THAT , TOO , YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE . $ TO WHOM DID YOU GIVE THIS PROMISE ? $ 11 TO AUNT FRANCES . $ 01 DON'T CALL HER THAT ! $ WHERE DID YOU MEET LADY NELSON ? $ 11 IN BATH , BY ACCIDENT . $ 01 WHERE WERE YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER ? $ 11 THEY HAD JUST GONE ON THE LONDON COACH . $ 01 AND YOU WERE ALONE ? $ 11 YES . $ #77 $ 01 BY ACCIDENT ! $ THIS IS NOT HER HANDWRITING . $ 11 NO , IT 'S MINE . $ 01 WHY IS IT YOURS ? $ 11 THE OTHER COVERING WAS WRITTEN ON ALREADY . $ YOU SEE IT 'S A LETTER SHE WROTE TO YOU SOME TIME AGO , AND IT WENT - ASTRAY . $ YOU NEVER READ IT , SHE 'S SURE , AND SHE 'S VERY ANXIOUS FO R YOU TO READ IT NOW . $ 01 WENT ASTRAY ? $ HOW ? $ 11 I - ER - DON'T QUITE KNOW . $ 01 VERY WELL . $ YOU 'VE FULFILLED YOUR PROMISE . $ AND NEVER MAKE SUCH A PROMISE AGAIN . $ 11 NO , UNCLE HORATIO . $ 01 WELL , IT 'S NOT YOU TO BLAME , I SUPPOSE . $ GO TO BED . $ 11 THERE 'S JUST ONE THING ELSE . $ I PROMISED HER YOU WOULD READ IT . $ 01 HOW DID YOU DARE DO THAT ? $ 11 I DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU FELT , THEN . $ BUT I THOUGHT WHATEVER 'S HAPPENED , A HUSBAND CAN SURELY ST ILL READ A LETTER FROM HIS WIFE . $ ESPECIALLY YOU - $ 01 ESPECIALLY ME ? $ 11 ESPECIALLY , WHEN THE HUSBAND IS YOU - OF ALL PEOPLE IN T HE WORLD . $ 01 THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT , BUT THIS IS A HUSBAND OF A LL HUSBANDS IN THE WORLD WHO HAPPENS TO PREFER TO THINK HIS WIFE IS NO LONGER ALIVE . $ 11 BUT SHE IS ALIVE , ISN'T SHE , UNCLE HORATIO ? $ AS ALIVE , ANYWAY , AS OUR MAID BETSY . $ I MEAN - DIDN'T YOU SPEAK , JUST NOW , ABOUT MANNERS ? $ 01 YOU DOUBLE-DEALING , TRAITOROUS DOG ! $ I 'LL HAVE YOU KICKED OUT OF THIS HOUSE TONIGHT , AND NEVER COME BACK ! $ KITTY ! $ KITTY ! $ COME HERE AT ONCE ! $ AND MATCHAM TOO ! $ COME DOWN ! $ I 'LL MAKE YOU REGRET THIS TRICK YOU 'VE PLAYED ON ME FOR TH E REST OF YOUR LIFE - $ 11 BUT I PLAYED NO TRICK , UNCLE - $ 01 TO BRING ME A LETTER OF SUCH VILENESS THAT I HAD TO RETUR N IT TO HER THREE YEARS AGO - $ 11 VILENESS ? $ HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT IT ? $ 12 WHAT IS IT , HORATIO ? $ 01 YOU 'VE READ THIS LETTER ? $ 11 YES . $ 01 SHE GAVE IT TO YOU TO READ ? $ 11 SHE SAID I COULD - JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T WHAT YOU ' VE JUST CALLED IT . $ AND IT WASN'T , IT WASN'T VILE . $ OH GOD , UNCLE , I WISH I COULD SEE IT WAS , OH GOD , I DO - $ 12 DON'T BLASPHEME - $ 11 BUT I CAN'T SEE THAT IT 'S A LETTER THAT ANY MAN SHOULD H AVE SENT BACK TO HIS WIFE , WITH SUCH A CRUEL MESSAGE ON IT - $ 01 LEAST OF ALL ME ? $ 02 WHAT 'S THIS ? $ 01 IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU , EMMA . $ 02 NOTHING TO DO WITH ME ? $ YOU , SHOUTING IN A RAGE ALL OVER THE HOUSE , AND NOW SHAKIN G LIKE YOU HAD THE PALSY - AND IT 'S NOTHING TO DO WITH ME ? $ TELL ME THIS INSTANCE . $ 01 I WON'T SPEAK OF IT NOW - OR PROBABLY EVER . $ JUST - TAKE THIS BOY AWAY FROM ME , PLEASE . $ 02 WHAT HAS HE DONE ? $ 12 I DON'T KNOW - BUT I THINK HE 'S BROUGHT SOME LETTER FROM TOM TIT - $ 02 IS THAT TRUE ? $ YOU ANSWER ME , THEN , NELSON . $ IS THAT TRUE ? $ 01 I TELL YOU - IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS . $ 02 A SECRET LETTER FROM TOM TIT TO YOU NOT MY BUSINESS ? $ 01 LEAVE ME BE . $ I MUST GO OUT . $ 02 GO OUT IN THIS WEATHER ? $ ARE YOU MAD ? $ 01 MATCHAM - LIGHT ME A LANTERN , PLEASE . $ 02 YOU ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING OUT IN THIS WEATHER , NELSON - AND YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THIS ROOM UNTIL I HAVE A PROPER EX PLANATION . $ 01 MAKE WAY , IF YOU PLEASE . $ 02 DON'T GIVE HIM THAT . $ 01 THE LANTERN PLEASE , MATCHAM . $ 10 BUT LADY HAMILTON HAS JUST SAID - $ 01 THIS IS MY HOUSE AND NOT YET LADY HAMILTON'S , ALTHOUGH S HE IS SOMETIMES PLEASED TO THINK THAT IT IS OTHERWISE . $ IF I WISH TO LEAVE IT FOR MY GARDEN , I DO SO WITHOUT HER PE RMISSION . $ GIVE ME THAT LANTERN . $ 02 NELSON , I 'LL NOT ENDURE THIS . $ I 'M COMING WITH YOU . $ 01 NO . $ I GO ALONE . $ BY YOUR LEAVE , MY LADY . $ 02 MY LADY ? $ 01 YOU WILL PLEASE GET YOUR BOY TO HIS ROOM - $ 02 TO HIS ROOM ? $ WE 'LL WHIP THE HIDE OFF HIM . $ 01 NO , HE WILL NOT BE HARMED IN ANY WAY AT ALL . $ ANYONE WHO DARES TO DO SO - OR ORDERS IT DONE - ANYONE AT AL L - WILL LEAVE MY HOUSE TONIGHT . $ YOU WILL TAKE HIM TO HIS ROOM , MATCHAM . $ HE LEAVES EARLY ANYWAY . $ I SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED THAT . $ I AM TRULY SORRY TO HAVE DISTURBED YOU BOTH . $ GOOD NIGHT , AGAIN . $ 02 NELSON . $ NELSON ... $ 01 I FEAR YOU HAVE HAD A LONG WATCH . $ 06 OH , I HAD COMPANY . $ 09 MY LORD - YOU ARE S-S-SAFE RETURNED ? $ 01 THAT SAFETY CAN ONLY BE MEASURED BY THE STATE OF MY HEALT H IN THE MORNING . $ 09 HARDY AND I - WE L-L-LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR YOU . $ 01 DIDN'T HARDY GUESS WHERE I WAS ? $ 06 CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD , IT IS TIME FOR YOUR BUNK . $ YOU LEAVE FOR PORTSMOUTH AT DAWN - WHICH IS IN RATHER LESS T HAN TWO HOURS . $ 09 AY , AY , CAPTAIN . $ LORD NELSON , I CONFESS I AM MOST H-H-HEARTLY RELIEVED TO SE E YOU S-S-STANDING HERE BEFORE ME . $ I HAD SO MUCH F-FEARED - WE HAD ALL SO MUCH F-FEARED - $ HER LADYSHIP HAS EVEN S-SENT SEARCH PARTIES OUT - $ 01 WHERE IS SHE ? $ 06 IN BED AT LAST . $ 01 GOOD NIGHT , CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD - OR WHAT REMAINS OF THIS NIGHT . $ I AM MOST SORRY TO HAVE DISTURBED THE LARGER PART OF IT . $ #78 $ 09 OH , MY LORD , THAT WAS N-N-NOTHING . $ MY LORD . $ 01 DIDN'T YOU GUESS WHERE I WAS ? $ 06 YES , OF COURSE - BUT AS YOU HAD PLAINLY HIDDEN YOURSELF AWAY ON THAT PARTICULAR CROW'S NEST OF YOURS , AND AS IT IS SO VERY PRIVATE - EVEN IF A LITTLE UNSHELTERED ON SUCH A NIG HT - I KNEW YOU HAD NO WISH TO BE DISTURBED THERE - EVEN BY ME . $ YOU SHOULD TAKE A DOUBLE TOT OF GROG , I THINK . $ 01 GROG , HARDY ? $ MY BEST FRENCH BRANDY ? $ BUT I SUPPOSE IT WOULD HARDLY BE CALLED A HERO'S DEATH TO DI E OF A CHILL CONTRACTED ON THE ROOF OF A FOLLY IN MY GARDEN , AFTER A TIFF WITH MY MISTRESS . $ 06 BY ALL ACCOUNTS IT WAS SOMETHING MORE THAN A TIFF . $ 01 YES , IT WAS , I SUPPOSE . $ WAS THERE GREAT UPROAR AFTERWARDS ? $ 06 NOT MANY TURNED IN BEFORE THREE , I THINK . $ HER LADYSHIP EVEN LATER . $ 01 AND SHE SENT OUT SEARCH PARTIES ? $ 06 YES , BUT SURPRISINGLY REFUSED AT ALL TIMES TO GO OUT HER SELF . $ 01 OH NO . $ SHE WOULD NEVER GO OUT HERSELF . $ 06 A MATTER OF PRIDE OR OF WEATHER ? $ 01 PRIDE . $ I MUST ALWAYS GO TO HER . $ AND GO I WILL , WHEN I HAVE RID MYSELF OF THIS SHIVERING . $ WHERE IS THE BOY ? $ 06 IN HIS ROOM . $ 01 HE HAS NOT BEEN BEATEN ? $ 06 NO . $ YOU HAD FORBIDDEN IT . $ 01 AND THE LETTER ? $ WITH WHAT SPIRITED VERSION DID SHE OBLIGE YOU ALL OF THAT OC CURRENCE ? $ 06 THAT THE BOY BROUGHT YOU A WRITTEN MESSAGE FROM YOUR WIFE SO VILE THAT YOU COULD ONLY THROW IT BACK IN HIS FACE , AND ORDER HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE , NEVER TO BE SEEN OR SPOKEN TO AGAIN , AND THAT THEN - FOR SOME MAD REASON THAT SHE CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF HER FATHOM - YOU TURNED ON HER AND INSULTED HER AND CALLED HER ' HER LADYSHIP ' , AND WENT RUSHING OFF I NTO THE NIGHT - AFTER SAYING OF ALL WICKED THINGS , IN THE W ORLD , IT WAS NONE OF HER POXY BUSINESS . $ AM I WELL BRIEFED ? $ 01 SHE HAS ADDED SOME COLOUR , BUT YOU 'RE BRIEFED WELL ENOU GH . $ THIS LETTER ? $ DID SHE READ IT ? $ 06 NO . $ THE BOY HAD LOCKED IT UP , AND HIDDEN THE KEY . $ THERE HAS BEEN , AS YOUR LORDSHIP MIGHT IMAGINE , SOMETHING OF A HUE AND CRY . $ 01 HAS HE TALKED ? $ 06 NO . $ 01 NOT A WORD ? $ 06 NOT THAT I KNOW OF . $ 01 NOT EVEN THAT HE READ THE LETTER HIMSELF ? $ 06 HIS MOTHER HEARD HIM SAY THAT TO YOU . $ 01 YES , I SUPPOSE SHE DID . $ AND SHE HEARD , AND HAS NO DOUBT INFORMED YOU ALL , OF HIS D ESCRIPTION OF IT - AS THE KIND OF LETTER THAT NO HONOURABLE MAN WOULD EVER SEND BACK TO HIS WIFE ? $ 06 NO ONE , OF COURSE , WILL BELIEVE THAT . $ 01 AND WHY NOT , HARDY ? $ WHY IN GOD'S NAME NOT ? $ ISN'T IT ALL OF A PIECE WITH WHAT 'S KNOWN OF THE CASE . $ A FAITHFUL LOVING WIFE , MOST FOULLY WRONGED BY HER HUSBAND AND LIVING NOW IN LONELINESS AND DESPAIR BECAUSE THAT VERY V ILLAIN WHO HAS THROWN HER OFF SO CRUELLY HAS BRIBED HIS FAMI LY AND THREATENED HIS FRIENDS TO MAKE THEM DESERT HER TOO ? $ A PITIFUL MISTREATED WRETCH , FLYING HER FLAG WITH GENTEEL D IGNITY IN BATH , WHILE HER BESOTTED HUSBAND ROLLICKS AWAY HI S HONOUR AND REPUTATION IN DRUNKENNESS AND LECHERY WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS BASTARD CHILD . $ THAT 'S HOW THAT BOY NOW SEES IT , HARDY . $ WHY SHOULDN'T THE WORLD SEE IT TOO , THROUGH HIS EYES ? $ 06 THE WORLD IS NOT YOUR NEPHEW , MY LORD . $ 01 I 'M NOT AT ALL SO SURE MY NEPHEW IS NOT THE WORLD . $ 06 WELL - YOUNG EYES USUALLY SEE THE TRUTH OF THINGS IN A DI STORTING MIRROR - AND SO DOES THE WORLD , I SUPPOSE . $ 01 BUT HOW IS THIS TRUTH DISTORTED ? $ 06 HOW CAN I ANSWER THAT WITHOUT FACTS ? $ 01 YOU HAVE THE FACTS . $ 06 I HAVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE WRONGED YOUR WIFE . $ WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER TOLD ME IS HOW YOUR WIFE HAS WRONGED YOU . $ I ONLY KNOW THAT SHE HAS . $ 01 HOW DO YOU KNOW ? $ 06 BECAUSE I 'M YOUR FRIEND AND I KNOW AS A SIMPLE TRUTH THA T YOU - LORD NELSON - COULD NEVER BEHAVE AS YOU HAVE AND AS YOU DO TO THAT LADY UNLESS SHE HAD FIRST DONE YOU SOME MOST GRIEVOUS WRONG . $ SHE HAS , HAS SHE NOT ? $ 01 YES . $ 06 MOST GRIEVOUS ? $ 01 YES . $ 06 I DON'T ASK HOW . $ I ONLY ASK , HOW IF THE TRUE FACTS ARE NOT KNOWN , HOW CAN T HE WORLD PASS TRUE JUDGEMENT ? $ 01 OH GOD , HOW EASY COMPASSION IS ! $ YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS AT ALL , HARDY - $ 06 I SAID IF I KNEW THE TRUE FACTS - $ 01 YOU KNOW THE TRUE FACTS . $ SIX YEARS AGO , IN NAPLES , I WITTINGLY AND OF MY OWN FREE W ILL , DESERTED A LOVING AND LOYAL WIFE FOR THE EMBRACES OF A NOTORIOUS CHARMER . $ HOW MUCH DID YOU ALL LAUGH IN THE WARDROOM OF THE VANGUARD W HEN YOU SAW THAT HAPPENING ? $ ' NOT LEAVING HIS WIFE FOR THAT WOMAN , ' DID YOU SAY ? $ ' NOT FOR THE ONE WHO DISPLAYED HERSELF NAKED FOR SHOW AT FO URTEEN IN VAUXHALL GARDENS , WHO WAS SOLD BY GREVILLE TO HAM ILTON AS PAYMENT FOR A BAD DEBT , AND HAS BEEN BEDDED BY HAL F THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY OF ENGLAND BEFORE BECOMING SIR WIL LIAM'S WIFE ? $ NOT LEAVING HIS WIFE FOR HER ! $ NOT FOR EMMA HAMILTON ! ' $ DO YOU THINK I NEVER IMAGINED HOW LOUD THAT LAUGHTER MUST HA VE BEEN ? $ 06 MY LORD , THE WARDROOM COULD NOT HAVE GUESSED THAT YOU WE RE SO AWARE . $ I DID NOT GUESS IT MYSELF , UNTIL THIS MINUTE . $ YOU PRETEND VERY WELL , YOU SEE . $ 01 OH GOD , HARDY - HOW DO YOU THINK I CAN KEEP MY SANITY AN D NOT BE AWARE ? $ MY DIVINE LADY ? $ GOD IN HEAVEN , HARDY , WHEN EMMA THROWS A GLASS OF CHAMPAGN E , AFTER AN INSULT TO MY KING , DON'T YOU THINK I SEE EXACT LY WHAT YOU SEE , A DRUNKEN , MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN MAKING A FOO L OF HERSELF AND OF ME . $ DO YOU THINK I RELISH THE GUTTERTALK , DON'T WINCE AT THE VU LGARITY , AND HAVE LOST THE CAPACITY TO SMELL LIQUOR ON THE BREATH ? $ DO YOU THINK I DON'T FEEL BLASTED WITH SHAME NEARLY EVERY DA Y THAT I SPEND AT EMMA'S SIDE ? $ 06 THEN WHY HAVE YOU SO LONG ENDURED SUCH DAYS ? $ 01 BECAUSE AFTER THE DAYS THERE ARE THE NIGHTS . $ AND NOW OF COURSE , YOU ARE ASKING YOURSELF THE QUESTION : H OW CAN ANY LOVE BE RESPECTED THAT BEGINS AND ENDS IN THE BED ? $ 06 YES . $ HOW CAN IT ? $ 01 TO ME , VERY EASILY . $ TO THE FORTY YEAR OLD ADMIRAL WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN OR ENJOYED WHAT MOST OTHER MEN HAVE ENJOYED AND LONG SINCE FORGOTTEN - THAT IN THE RELEASE OF THE BED THERE LIES AN ECSTASY SO STRO NG AND A SATISFACTION SO PROFOUND THAT IT SEEMS THAT IT IS E VERYTHING THAT LIFE CAN OFFER A MAN , THE VERY PURPOSE OF HI S EXISTENCE ON EARTH - WELL TO THAT POOR CRASS INNOCENT OF A N ADMIRAL IN NAPLES BAY THE QUESTION WAS NOT SO EASY - OH NO , HARDY , NOT EASY AT ALL . $ YOU MUST REMEMBER , YOU SEE , THAT , EVEN AT THAT AGE , I WA S STILL THE RECTOR'S SON WHO , FROM THE CRADLE , HAD BEEN PR EACHED THE ABOMINATION OF CARNAL LOVE , AND THE INEFFABLE JO YS OF HOLY WEDLOCK . $ BUT WHEN AT LAST I SURRENDERED TO EMMA , I FOUND - WHY SHOUL D I BE ASHAMED TO SAY IT ? - THAT CARNAL LOVE CONCERNS THE S OUL QUITE AS MUCH AS IT CONCERNS THE BODY . $ FOR THE BODY IS STILL THE SOUL AND THE SOUL IS STILL THE BOD Y . $ AT LEAST THEY ARE FOR ME . $ YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN EMMA I WOULD CH ANGE , HARDY . $ I LOVE HER AND I WANT HER EXACTLY AS SHE IS - BECAUSE I AM O BSESSED AND I WANT HER ABSOLUTELY . $ 06 I DON'T THINK THIS LOVE OF YOURS DOES BEGIN AND END IN TH E BED , MY LORD . $ 01 YOU ARE RIGHT . $ AND YET WITHOUT THE BED WHAT WOULD IT BE ? $ NOTHING . $ BUT THAT OTHER LOVE - THAT INEFFABLE BLISS OF WEDLOCK - THE ONE SO BLESSED BY MY FATHER AND THOUGHT BY ALL THE WORLD SO FITTING FOR A NATIONAL HERO : THE TIGHT BRAVE SMILE , THE RI GID BODY THE - ' IF THIS MAKES MY BELOVED HUSBAND HAPPY THEN I 'LL DO IT , EVEN IF THE MESSY BUSINESS QUITE DISGUSTS MY WELL-BRED SENSIBILITIES ' . $ OH , HARDY , THAT WAS A HELL OF HUMILIATION - A HELL - BUT A HELL FROM WHICH I AM NOW SO VERY HAPPILY ESCAPED - $ #79 $ WE SHOULD GET SOME REST . $ 06 DID YOU SAY HAPPILY , MY LORD ? $ 01 FIND ANOTHER WORD IF YOU LIKE . $ SATISFYINGLY ? $ 06 IS IT SO SATISFYING TO BE LAUGHED AT IN CLARGES STREET ? $ 01 THAT WAS NOTHING . $ A FEW BRUTISH BOORS , PROBABLY HIRED BY MY ENEMIES . $ 06 HAS YOUR LORDSHIP ANY ENEMIES , APART FROM THE FRENCH ? $ I DOUBT IF NAPOLEON WOULD HIRE SPIES TO RISK JEERING YOU INT O GOING OUT AGAIN TO SEA . $ 01 GOD DAMN YOU , HARDY , BUT YOU FIGHT FOUL ! $ I 'LL NOT GO OUT TO CADIZ , DO YOU HEAR ? $ 06 I HEAR . $ 01 IT 'S ALL YOU 'VE THOUGHT ABOUT SINCE THAT MORNING IN CLA RGES STREET . $ ' I DON'T CARE HOW SACRED A VOW IS , ' YOU 'VE SAID , ' I DO N'T CARE WHAT IT MAY COST HIM IN SPIRIT AND HEALTH AND LOVE . $ I 'LL GET HIM TO GO OUT AGAIN . ' $ WELL , HARDY , YOU WON'T AND THAT 'S AN END OF IT . $ LET THEM LAUGH AND GUFFAW AT ME IN THE STREETS , AND LET THE M CHEER COLLINGWOOD AS THEIR NEW HERO - $ 06 NO . $ THAT THEY 'LL NOT DO . $ 01 OF COURSE THEY WILL , WHEN HE WINS HIS BATTLE . $ 06 HE WON'T WIN IT . $ MIND YOU I DON'T SAY HE 'LL LOSE IT EITHER . $ A COUPLE OF PRIZES , PERHAPS , AND SOME DAMAGE TO THEIR FLAG SHIP . $ PERHAPS SOME DAMAGE TO ONE OR TWO OF OURS , BUT WHICH MUST H APPEN WHEN TWO LINES OF WARSHIPS SAIL IN PARALLEL , EXCHANGI NG BROADSIDES - $ 01 IN PARALLEL ? $ ARE YOU MAD ? $ GO BACK TO THE DINING-ROOM AND STUDY MY PLAN . $ 06 I HAD MANY HOURS TONIGHT TO STUDY IT , MY LORD . $ LAID OUT WITH ALL YOUR SILVER , IT LOOKS VERY PRETTY . $ 01 GOD DAMN IT , HARDY , WHERE IN BLAZES ON THE TABLE ARE TW O PARALLEL LINES OF BATTLE ? $ ARE YOU MAD OR DRUNK , SIR ? $ THE TWO BRITISH LINES OF BATTLE POINT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE ENEMY LINE , ONE AT HIS HEART , THE OTHER AT HIS LIVER . $ THE VERY GENIUS OF THE PLAN IS TO REVERSE COMPLETELY ALL THE RULES BY WHICH NAVAL BATTLES UNTIL NOW HAVE BEEN FOUGHT , A ND TO ABOLISH PARALLEL LINES ALTOGETHER , WITH THEIR FORMAL CANNONADING AND THEIR COUPLE OR THREE OF PRIZES AND SOME DAM AGE TO A FLAGSHIP . $ THIS IS ANNIHILATION , HARDY . $ 06 YES , MY LORD , I HAVE OFTEN HEARD YOU SAY SO . $ 01 AFTER THIS BATTLE THE FRENCH AND SPANISH FLEETS MUST NEVE R PUT TO SEA AGAIN . $ NOT A SINGLE SHIP AMONG THEM . $ GOD DAMN YOUR EYES , HARDY , IF MY PLAN MEANS ANYTHING AT AL L , IT MEANS VICTORY SO COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE THAT WE WILL R ULE THE SEAS AND OCEANS FOR PERHAPS A HUNDRED YEARS - $ 06 OH YES , IT IS A VERY PRETTY PLAN . $ 01 PRETTY ? $ PRETTY ? $ BY GOD , HARDY , IF I HAD TWO ARMS I WOULD THROTTLE YOU FOR THAT . $ 06 I ONLY MEANT THAT IT LOOKS PRETTY ON YOUR DINING-TABLE , MY LORD . $ I ALSO MEANT THAT YOUR DINING-TABLE WAS NOT THE ATLANTIC OCE AN . $ 01 I 'VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING , HAVEN'T I ? $ 06 NEARLY EVERYTHING . $ 01 WHAT HAVE I LEFT OUT ? $ 06 YOURSELF . $ 01 DO YOU THINK I CAN BE CAUGHT BY SO FOOLISH AND OBVIOUS A TRAP ? $ COLLINGWOOD IS GREAT COMMANDER .. $ 06 NOT GREAT . $ SAY GOOD - $ 01 GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THE BATTLE WITH THIS PLAN . $ 06 IF HE USES IT . $ 01 WHY SHOULD HE NOT USE IT ? $ WHEN I LAST SAW HIM HE AGREED TO IT IN EVERY DETAIL - $ 06 I 'VE NO DOUBT . $ BUT WHEN , IN A FEW WEEK'S TIME , HE SEES THIRTY OR MORE FRE NCH AND SPANISH SAIL , IN LINE OF BATTLE , ON HIS HORIZON - AND IT WILL BE QUITE AN AWESOME SIGHT - FIVE MILES OR MORE O F BROADSIDES FACING HIM AND HIS OUTNUMBERED FLEET - WHICH DO ES YOUR LORDSHIP REALLY BELIEVE HE 'LL FOLLOW - YOUR PLAN OR THE TRAINING OF A LIFETIME ? $ 01 MY PLAN . $ 06 MAY YOU BE RIGHT . $ MYSELF I BELIEVE THAT NO ADMIRAL IN THE WORLD WOULD RISK LOS ING HIS ENTIRE FLEET IN A SINGLE AFTERNOON BY FOLLOWING A RE VOLUTIONARY PLAN OF BATTLE , NEVER TRIED BEFORE , AND CONCEI VED BY A GENIUS WHO HAS DECIDED TO BE ABSENT FROM THE ACTION . $ WELL - MY LORD - HAVE I YOUR LEAVE TO GO TO BED ? $ THE THOUGHT OF IT IS INFINITELY INVITING . $ 01 WHO IS THAT IN THE HALL ? $ IS IT YOUNG GEORGE ? $ 06 YES , MY LORD . $ 01 COME IN HERE , GEORGE . $ COME IN HERE . $ GOOD NIGHT , CAPTAIN HARDY . $ 06 YOUR LORDSHIP . $ 01 WHERE ARE YOU GOING AT THIS HOUR ? $ YOU 'RE NOT DUE TO LEAVE UNTIL EIGHT - AND THEN WITH YOUR FA THER AND MOTHER . $ 11 YES . $ 01 WHERE WERE YOU INTENDING TO WALK TO TONIGHT ? $ 11 LONDON , I THINK . $ 01 NINETEEN MILES , IN THE RAIN ? $ 11 IT 'S STOPPED RAINING . $ 01 GIVE ME THAT . $ SIT DOWN . $ YOU 'RE RUNNING AWAY ? $ FROM ME AND LADY HAMILTON ? $ WELL , THAT I UNDERSTAND . $ BUT WHY FROM YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER ? $ DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE BEATEN ? $ 11 I WOULDN'T HAVE MINDED . $ 01 WHAT IS IT THEN ? $ 11 I WANT TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE , THAT 'S ALL . $ 01 YOU ARE LEAVING THIS HOUSE , IN THREE HOURS - WITH YOUR P ARENTS . $ 11 I DON'T WANT THEM TALKING TO ME . $ THEY 'LL ASK QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER . $ PLEASE , I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU EITHER . $ MAY I GO ? $ 01 NO . $ YOU LOOK AS IF YOU 'D BEEN CRYING . $ HAVE YOU ? $ 11 NOT MUCH . $ 01 YOU 'D BETTER DRINK THIS . $ 11 I DON'T WANT IT . $ 01 IT 'LL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER . $ 11 NOTHING WILL MAKE ME FEEL BETTER . $ NOTHING AS LONG AS I LIVE . $ 01 DRINK IT . $ YOU TAKE THINGS TOO HARD . $ I CALLED YOU SOME NAMES , AND SAID SOME THINGS I DIDN'T MEAN . $ 11 YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BAD . $ 01 WELL , WHATEVER IT WAS I SAID THAT UPSET YOU , YOU MUST F ORGET IT . $ 11 I 'LL TRY . $ MAY I GO ? $ 01 GEORGE - WHAT HAVE I DONE ? $ 11 NOTHING . $ 01 YOU HAVE THAT LETTER IN THERE ? $ 11 YES . $ 01 YOU 'RE GOING TO RETURN IT TO HER ? $ 11 NO , OF COURSE NOT . $ IF I SEE HER I 'LL JUST SAY I DELIVERED IT , AS I PROMISED , AND THAT YOU READ IT . $ 01 AND CALLED IT VILE ? $ 11 NO , NEVER . $ 01 WHY ARE YOU KEEPING IT ? $ 11 TO READ AGAIN . $ 01 WHY ? $ 11 I MIGHT UNDERSTAND . $ #80 $ 01 MIGHT YOU ? $ I DON'T THINK YOU WILL . $ 11 NOR DO I . $ 01 WILL YOU PROMISE NEVER TO SHOW IT TO ANYONE ELSE IN THE W ORLD ? $ 11 WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO YOU THINK I AM ? $ 01 A VERY GOOD , BRAVE AND MOST HONOURABLE BOY . $ A NEPHEW I AM PROUD TO HAVE . $ DON'T LAUGH . $ TOO MANY PEOPLE LAUGH AT ME THESE DAYS . $ DESPISE ME , IF YOU LIKE , BUT DON'T LAUGH . $ WHAT I JUST SAID WAS TRUE . $ VERY WELL , GEORGE . $ HERE IT IS . $ NOW YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR LESSON IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF ADULT EMOTIONS . $ ' THE EIGHTEENTH OF DECEMBER EIGHTEENHUNDRED AND ONE . $ MY DEAREST HUSBAND , IT IS SOME TIME THAT I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU . $ THE SILENCE YOU HAVE IMPOSED IS MORE THAN MY AFFECTION WILL ALLOW ME - AND IN THIS INSTANCE I HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME F OR NOT OBEYING YOU . $ ONE THING I OMITTED IN MY LETTER OF JULY WHICH I NOW HAVE TO OFFER FOR YOUR ACCOMMODATION - A COMFORTABLE WARM HOUSE . ' $ ' DO , MY DEAR HUSBAND , LET US LIVE TOGETHER . $ I CAN NEVER BE HAPPY UNTIL SUCH AN EVENT TAKES PLACE . $ I ASSURE YOU AGAIN , I HAVE BUT ONE WISH IN THE WORLD , TO P LEASE YOU . $ LET EVERYTHING BE BURIED IN OBLIVION , IT WILL PASS AWAY LIK E A DREAM . ' $ HEAR IT OUT . $ A FEW MORE TEARS TONIGHT WON'T HURT . $ ' I CAN ONLY ENTREAT YOU TO BELIEVE I AM MOST SINCERELY AND AFFECTIONATELY YOUR WIFE , FRANCES H NELSON . ' $ YOU SEE THAT YOU AND SHE NEED HAVE HAD NO FEARS THAT I DIDN' T READ IT . $ 11 AND SENT IT BACK - WITH THAT MESSAGE ? $ 01 I , OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD - $ 11 WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU TO MAKE YOU DO THAT ? $ IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING REALLY DREADFUL - $ 01 IT WAS . $ 11 WHAT WAS IT ? $ 01 SHE WROTE ME THAT LETTER . $ 11 BUT IT 'S A KIND AND LOVING LETTER . $ 01 IT 'S BRUTAL - $ 11 IT ISN'T - $ 01 MANY BRUTAL ACTS ARE DONE OUT OF LOVE AND KINDNESS , GEOR GE . $ PERHAPS MOST . $ OH DEAR GOD , MUST I EXPLAIN ? $ IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU ? $ 11 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON EARTH . $ 01 IT WON'T SAVE MY HONOUR , WHICH YOU SEEM SO TO CHERISH . $ 11 IF IT 'S TRUE , IT WILL . $ 01 IT 'S TRUE . $ GEORGE , WHEN ONE HAS DONE WRONG TO SOMEONE - AN OPEN WRONG , A SHAMEFUL AND HUMILIATING WRONG , A WRONG ON AN EPIC SCA LE , TO BE FORGIVEN FOR IT IS THE VERY HELL . $ I SHOCK YOU , OF COURSE . $ YOU 'RE MY REVEREND FATHER'S GRANDSON AND TO ANSWER FORGIVEN ESS BY HATRED MUST SEEM UNCHRISTIAN AT THE LEAST . $ BUT IS IT ? $ JESUS TOLD US HOW TO ANSWER A BLOW ON THE CHEEK , BUT HE NEV ER TOLD US HOW TO ANSWER A KISS . $ I HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN A BAD CHRISTIAN , GEORGE . $ I 'VE EVEN MANAGED SOMETIMES , TO LOVE MY ENEMIES A LITTLE . $ NOT TOO MUCH , MIND YOU . $ MODERATION IN ALL THINGS . $ BUT I DO TRY TO SAVE THEM FROM DROWNING , EVEN AT RISK TO OU R SHIPS , AND NO ONE CAN SAY I EVER TREATED A PRISONER-OF-WA R OTHER THAN WITH HONOUR AND GENTLENESS . $ BUT , GEORGE - $ GEORGE - WHAT ABOUT AN ENEMY WHO WON'T RETALIATE ? $ WHO ANSWERS EVERY BROADSIDE WITH A SIGNAL GENTLY FLUTTERING AT THE MAST WHICH SAYS : ' WHATEVER YOU DO TO ME , MY DEARES T HUSBAND , I WILL ALWAYS FORGIVE YOU AND GO ON LOVING YOU F OR EVER . ' $ WHAT ABOUT THAT ENEMY , GEORGE ? $ IN THIS MATTER OF LOVING ENEMIES MY DEAREST WIFE HAS BEAT ME IN THE CHASE . $ WHAT IS THERE , THEN , LEFT FOR ME BUT TO HATE ? $ THE ENDS YOUR OPENING LESSON IN A LONG AND DIFFICULT COURSE . $ HUMAN LOVE AND HUMAN HATE . $ IT 'S A PERPLEXING STUDY FOR ANYONE . $ FOR ANYONE IN THE WORLD . $ AND I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL . $ NOT YOUR KIND OF SCHOOL . $ AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD MIDSHIPMAN MAY LEARN MANY THINGS IF HE IS DILIGENT - BUT NOT VERY MUCH ABOUT LIFE . $ 04 I TRUST I DON'T INTERRUPT ? $ 01 GEORGE AND I WERE DISCUSSING CERTAIN METAPHYSICAL MATTERS . $ I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UNRAVEL A PUZZLE FOR HIM . $ HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD , EVEN A LITTLE ? $ 11 NO . $ 01 WELL , YOU 'RE IN GOOD COMPANY . $ GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM , NOW . $ NO MORE OF THIS NONSENSE OF RUNNING AWAY . $ IT 'S COWARDLY TO RUN AWAY , DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT ? $ WELL , THEN , BACK TO YOUR BED . $ GOOD NIGHT , GEORGE . $ 11 GOOD NIGHT - UNCLE HORATIO . $ THANK YOU FOR THE PORT . $ 04 EITHER A LITTLE TOO EARLY OR ELSE A LITTLE TOO LATE . $ IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW . $ I GRANT IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I HAVE BEEN SIMILARLY CONFUSED . $ I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU . $ 01 I CAN GUESS IT . $ 04 I HAVE NO DOUBT , MY LORD , BUT MAY I SATISFY MY CONSCIEN CE BY DELIVERING IT . $ BOTH TOO EARLY AND TOO LATE . $ HER LADYSHIP HAS JUST PAID ME THE DELIGHTFUL COMPLIMENT OF R OUSING ME FROM MY SLEEP . $ IT APPEARS THAT SHE HEARD YOU AND HARDY'S VOICES ON THE STAI RS SOME MOMENTS AGO . $ THEY AWAKENED HER , IN FACT . $ 01 AND I AM COMMANDED TO GO TO HER AT ONCE . $ 04 NO , MY LORD . $ 01 NO ? $ 04 MY MESSAGE IS THE REVERSE . $ HER LADYSHIP FEELS HERSELF SO MORTIFIED BY THE EVENTS OF TON IGHT THAT SHE HAS FOUND HERSELF IN HONOUR BOUND FORGIVE ME - TO LOCK AND BOLT THE DOORS OF HER BEDROOM AND SHE WISHES ME CATEGORICALLY TO AFFIRM THAT NO KNOCK OR ENTREATIES , HOWEV ER LOUD AND PITEOUS , WILL INDUCE HER TO OPEN THEM BEFORE MI ID-DAY - OH DEAR - WHEN SHE HAS ORDERED HER CARRIAGE TO TAKE HER ON A ROUND OF VISITS TO VARIOUS GENTLEMEN WITH WHOM SHE FEELS SHE WILL BE A MORE WELCOME GUEST THAN UNDER YOUR LORD SHIP'S ROOF . $ NOW I TRUST I HAVE DELIVERED HER CORRECTLY . $ I WAS PARTICULARLY TO REMEMBER THAT PART ABOUT THE ROOF . $ SO , IF YOUR LORDSHIP WILL FORGIVE ME , I WILL RETURN TO MY BED AND PRAY TO BE ALLOWED TO SLEEP REASONABLY UNDISTURBED B Y THE ENSUING COMMOTIONS . $ 01 YOU MAY SLEEP SOUNDLY . $ THERE WILL BE NO KNOCKS OR ENTREATIES . $ AS FOR THE ROUND OF VISITS TOMORROW - WELL MID-DAY IS STILL MANY HOURS AWAY , AND , WHO KNOWS , THE VARIOUS GENTLEMEN MA Y EVEN YET BE DISAPPOINTED . $ 04 WHERE WILL YOU SLEEP ? $ 01 OH , I 'LL FIND SOMEWHERE . $ WHO KNOWS , MINTO ? $ IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE , DON'T YOU THINK , THAT THOSE BOLTS M AY NOT HOLD ? $ THEY SHOULD , BY NOW , HAVE GROWN A TRIFLE RUSTY . $ #81 $ 02 OH NELSON , FORGIVE ME ! $ 01 FOR WHAT , MY DEAREST ? $ 02 FOR WHATEVER I DID . $ 01 WHAT WAS IT ? $ 02 I THOUGHT YOU 'D TELL ME . $ 01 I CAN'T EMMA . $ I DON'T KNOW . $ 02 I EXPECT YOU 'LL REMEMBER . $ AND I 'M SURE IT WAS SOMETHING DREADFUL I DID TO YOU . $ 01 YOU DID NOTHING DREADFUL TO ME , MY DEAREST . $ YOU NEVER HAVE AND YOU NEVER COULD . $ YOU 'RE COLD . $ 02 SLEEPING ALONE CAN FREEZE A LADY - $ 01 WELL - THAT AT LEAST CAN BE RECTIFIED . $ 02 I 'VE BEEN SO SCARED . $ 01 WHAT OF ? $ 02 THAT YOU 'D LEFT ME . $ 01 I 'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU , EMMA . $ NOT UNTIL DEATH . $ 02 HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING BRANDY ? $ 01 RATHER A LOT , IT SEEMS . $ 02 LEARNING FROM ME , EH ? $ 01 I HAVEN'T QUITE YOUR OWN REGAL CAPACITY FOR THE STUFF . $ 02 WELL , YOU 'RE NOT DOING TOO BADLY FOR A BEGINNER . $ SHALL WE HAVE ONE NOW ? $ TOGETHER ? $ 01 WHY NOT ? $ 02 WHAT SHALL WE DRINK TO ? $ 01 TO EMMA - AND HER NELSON . $ WHAT ELSE ? $ 02 YOU 'VE SPOILED YOUR PRETTY PLAN . $ 01 YES . $ ... DID YOU TOO THINK IT PRETTY ? $ 02 VERY PRETTY - AND I 'D HAVE KEPT THIS TABLE LAID OUT JUST THIS WAY - TO SHOW TO VISITORS EXACTLY HOW NELSON WON HIS B ATTLE OFF CADIZ . $ 01 EXACTLY HOW COLLINGWOOD WON NELSON'S BATTLE OFF CADIZ . $ 02 I SAID HOW NELSON WON IT . $ 01 EMMA - I HAVE NOT ASKED YOU - $ 02 NO , BUT YOU WERE GOING TO . $ 01 NO , MY DEAREST , YOU ARE WRONG . $ I WOULD NEVER , NEVER HAVE ASKED . $ 02 BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE CALLED ME ' MY LADY ' A LITTLE MORE , AND SHOWN A GREATER FANCY FOR GOING OUT ALONE IN THE RAIN AS THE TIME OF COLLINGWOOD'S BATTLE APPROACHED ? $ I LOVE MY NELSON - BUT I LOVE ALL OF HIM . $ I DON'T WANT HIM ONLY HALF A MAN , WITH THE BETTER HALF PINI NG TO BE OUT AT SEA . $ 01 HAS HARDY TALKED WITH YOU TONIGHT ? $ 02 THAT B- THAT PERSON ? $ I WOULDN'T SOIL MY LIPS . $ 01 OH EMMA , MY DARLING ! $ 02 IT WASN'T ONLY THAT THOUGHT , NELSON . $ IF YOU 'D GONE ON TRYING TO CATCH YOUR DEATH OF COLD HIDING FROM ME OUTSIDE AT NIGHT , I COULD HAVE NURSED YOU LATER - A S I DID IN NAPLES - AND MEANWHILE LEARNT SOLITAIRE . $ NO , IT WASN'T ONLY THAT - TO BE REALLY TRUTHFUL - $ 01 YOU ALWAYS ARE REALLY TRUTHFUL . $ 02 WELL , I CAN EXAGGERATE A BIT , LIKE PAYING A ROUND OF VI SITS TO VARIOUS GENTLEMEN . $ I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THOUGHT OF AS A WOMAN WHO KEPT YOU FRO M GOING OUT WHEN THE COUNTRY NEEDED YOU . $ IT IS MY COUNTRY , TOO , YOU KNOW . $ 01 YOU , TOO , THINK I 'M NEEDED ? $ 02 THERE 'S ONLY ONE NELSON IN THE WORLD . $ BUT HE 'S MINE . $ MINE ALONE . $ 01 TRULY ONLY YOURS . $ 02 MINE TO KEEP - AND MINE TO GIVE TOO . $ ONLY - ONE THING , MY DARLING - THIS TIME TAKE CARE . $ 01 YES , MY HEART . $ 02 DON'T LEAVE YOUR EMMA ALONE AND DESERTED . $ 01 I WON'T . $ 02 SWEAR IT PROPERLY . $ SWEAR THAT THIS TIME YOU 'LL DO ALL THAT LIES IN YOUR POWER , NOT TO GET YOURSELF KILLED . $ 01 I WILL DO ALL THAT LIES IN MY POWER NOT TO LEAVE MY EMMA ALONE AND DESERTED , AND THAT I DO MOST SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO , BEFORE GOD . $ 02 WELL , YOU 'RE GOOD WITH VOWS , AND YOU DO YOUR BEST TO K EEP THEM . $ YOU 'D HAVE KEPT THE ONE ABOUT NOT GOING OUT , YOU SAY ? $ 01 YES , I DO . $ OH MY EMMA , I LOVE YOU SO DEEPLY . $ 02 NO , NELSON . $ THAT WON'T DO AT ALL . $ I WANT SOMETHING MORE MEMORABLE . $ SOMETHING I CAN QUOTE TO MY FRIENDS . $ I 'VE THOUGHT OF SOMETHING - $ 01 I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE . $ 02 I WROTE IT DOWN IN MY JOURNAL IN BED . $ OH YES . $ YOU DIDN'T NEED TO RISK ANY AGUES IN A WET GARDEN . $ I 'D HAVE TOLD YOU THIS LAST NIGHT IN BED - BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW I WAS GIVING YOU - NOT HAVING YOU FILCHED FROM ME BY AN UNDERHAND , CONTRIVING PRICK OF A FLAG-CAPTAIN . $ NOW LET ME REMEMBER . $ I KNOW . $ ' DEAR EMMA , BRAVE EMMA . $ IF THERE WERE MORE EMMAS IN THE WORLD THERE 'D BE MORE NELSO NS . ' $ HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT ? $ 01 I LIKE IT VERY MUCH . $ I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT 'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE . $ 02 NOT REALLY . $ NELSONS ARE BORN , NOT MADE . $ 01 THEY CAN SOMETIMES BE REBORN . $ MY PRETTY BATTLE . $ WELL , WE SHALL SEE . $ 02 JUST TELL ME ONE THING , LOVE . $ IT WILL BE ANOTHER VICTORY , WON'T IT ? $ 01 I THINK SO . $ 02 A BIG ONE ? $ 01 YES . $ VERY BIG . $ 02 IT NEEDS TO BE . $ 01 YES , IT DOES . $ THE STRATEGIC SITUATION - $ 02 DO YOU THINK I TALK STRATEGIES ? $ IT HAS TO BE BIG , MY DARLING , BECAUSE , SINCE THE CROWDS I N THE STREETS HAVE TAKEN TO LAUGHING AT US - $ 01 LAUGHING ? $ 02 YOU HEARD THEM IN CLARGES STREET . $ 01 I HEARD NOTHING BUT CHEERS . $ 02 YOU HEARD LAUGHTER AND YOU KNEW WHO IT WAS THEY LAUGHED A T . $ WELL , I AM GROWN A LITTLE LAUGHABLE , I SUPPOSE , THESE DAY S . $ I SHOULD FAST A LITTLE , TAKE OFF WEIGHT . $ AND DRINK LESS , OF COURSE . $ OH MY DARLING , TO AFFORD AN EMMA HAMILTON , YOU NEED A VERY BIG VICTORY INDEED . $ THEN YOU 'LL FIND THEY WON'T LAUGH ANY MORE . $ IT 'LL BE ' HUZZA BRAVE , NELSON ! ' AGAIN AND , PERHAPS EVE N , ' HUZZA BRAVE EMMA ! ' TOO . $ A LIKELY THOUGHT ! $ WHAT ARE THESE ? $ 01 THE LEAD SHIPS OF OUR TWO ATTACKING LINES - $ 02 ONE OF THEM NOW THE VICTORY , I SUPPOSE ? $ 01 WELL , IT MAY BE . $ THE OTHER CERTAINLY THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN . $ THEY 'LL NEED TO BE HEAVY SHIPS , YOU SEE , TO LEAD THE TWO PRONGS OF OUR ATTACK . $ 02 I KNOW YOU THINK I 'M HALF-WITTED ON NAVAL MATTERS AND DO N'T ATTEND AT ALL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THEM - BUT , HOW OFTEN , AT THIS TABLE , HAVE I HEARD YOU SAY TO THOSE SAILORS THA T THESE TWO SHIPS WILL HAVE TO BEAR SO HEAVY A WEIGHT OF CAN NON THAT THEY MIGHT WELL BE SUNK BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN FIRE B ACK A SHOT . $ 01 THEY 'LL NOT BE SUNK , EMMA . $ 02 BUT ALL THOSE BROADSIDES AT THEM , FROM THEIR BIGGEST SHI PS ! $ WHY HAVEN'T THEY DESIGNED A WARSHIP THAT CAN FIRE FORWARDS , INSTEAD OF ALWAYS THERE ETERNAL BROADSIDES ? $ 01 ONE DAY THEY MAY . $ 02 BUT THEY HAVEN'T YET , AND FOR AN HOUR OR MORE IN THIS PO SITION , YOU 'LL BE PACING YOUR QUARTER-DECK , FIRED AT BY M OST OF THE ENEMY FLEET AND BEING HEAD ON WITH NOT A CHANCE O F FIRING AS MUCH AS A SINGLE SHOT IN RETURN . $ #82 $ 01 HALF AN HOUR . $ LESS EVEN THAN THAT , WITH A STIFF BREEZE . $ 02 WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE VICTORY ? $ 01 BUT I DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE VICTORY . $ I RECOMMENDED TO COLLINGWOOD TO FLY HIS FLAG IN A FRIGATE SO MEWHERE TO THE REAR - THE BETTER TO CONTROL THE ACTION . $ 02 OH YES ! $ I CAN JUST SEE YOU FLYING YOUR FLAG IN A FRIGATE - SOMEWHERE TO THE REAR ! $ 01 THERE 'S NO SHAME IN THAT . $ 02 NO SHAME TO COLLINGWOOD , PERHAPS . $ BUT YOUR FLAG ? $ OH NELSON , HOW YOU LIE TO ME SOMETIMES ! $ 01 HEAVEN FORBID , DEAREST EMMA ! $ 02 NELSON , DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU HAVE JUST VOWED TO ME ? $ 01 VERY CLEARLY . $ 02 THEN VOW ANOTHER ONE . $ VOW ABOUT THIS . $ 01 MY DEAR , YOU HAVE PUT POOR VICTORY ON DIRECT COLLISION C OURSE WITH HMS AGAMEMNON , HMS AJAX AND HMS ORION . $ I THINK , DEAREST EMMA , YOU SHOULD ALLOW ME TO MAKE MY OWN DISPOSITIONS . $ THEY MAY NOT BE PERFECT , BUT AT LEAST THEY MAY AVOID SINKIN G FOUR OF MY OWN BATTLESHIPS BEFORE CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY . $ 02 WELL AT LEAST SWEAR ONE THING - $ 01 TWO VOWS IN ONE MORNING , IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR THE AL MIGHTY , DON'T YOU THINK ? $ ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ONE WILL SO ABSOLUTELY COVER THE OTHER . $ 02 WILL IT ? $ 01 YOU KNOW IT MUST . $ 02 THEN LEAVE YOUR BATTLE FOR TONIGHT . $ LET 'S GO UP . $ TIME 'S SHORT . $ 01 MOST , MOST GLADLY . $ 02 NOW DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR LITTLE SPEECH ? $ 01 MY SPEECH ? $ 02 THE ONE I WROTE IN MY JOURNAL . $ 01 OH YES . $ NOW , LET ME SEE . $ BRAVE , DEAR EMMA . $ IF THERE WERE MORE BRAVE WOMEN IN THE WORLD LIKE YOU - $ 02 NO , NO , NO ! $ IT 'S ' DEAR EMMA , BRAVE EMMA - IF THERE WERE MORE EMMAS IN THE WORLD THERE 'D BE MORE NELSONS ' . $ 01 OH YES . $ DEAR EMMA , BRAVE EMMA , IF THERE WERE MORE BRAVE EMMAS - $ 02 IF THERE WERE MORE EMMAS . $ TRY AGAIN . $ 01 DEAR EMMA , BRAVE EMMA . $ IF THERE WERE MORE EMMAS - OH DEAR , I FORGET WHAT WOULD HAP PEN . $ 02 THERE 'D BE MORE NELSONS . $ 01 MAY THE GREAT GOD , WHOM I WORSHIP , GRANT TO MY COUNTRY - AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF EUROPE IN GENERAL , A GREAT AND GLO RIOUS VICTORY ; AND MAY NO MISCONDUCT IN ANYONE TARNISH IT ; AND MAY HUMANITY AFTER VICTORY BE THE PREDOMINANT FEATURE I N THE BRITISH FLEET . $ FOR MYSELF , INDIVIDUALLY , I COMMIT MY LIFE TO HIM WHO MADE ME , AND MAY HIS BLESSING LIGHT UPON MY ENDEAVOURS FOR SERV ING MY COUNTRY FAITHFULLY . $ TO HIM I RESIGN MYSELF AND THE JUST CAUSE WHICH IS ENTRUSTED TO ME TO DEFEND . $ AMEN , AMEN , AMEN . $ HARDY , BLACKWOOD ? $ IT SEEMS THAT THE ENEMY ARE BEING RATHER WASTEFUL OF THEIR S HOT . $ ARE THEY FALLING SHORT ? $ 06 BY A CABLE OR SO . $ ... BUT ONE WENT OVER US . $ 01 YES , IT WILL BE HOTTER SOON . $ IT MUST BE SOME FORTY MINUTES AT LEAST BEFORE WE CAN ANSWER THEIR FIRE AT ALL . $ LADY HAMILTON HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE DESIGN A BATTLESHIP THAT CAN FIRE FORWARDS . $ I THINK IT RATHER A GOOD IDEA , DON'T YOU ? $ 06 A SHIP DESIGNED TO FIRE ITS BROADSIDES FORWARDS MIGHT BE A SHADE UNSEAWORTHY , MY LORD . $ SOMETHING LIKE A MARITIME BALLOON . $ 01 NO , NO . $ A SWIVELLING TURRET CRAMMED WITH CANNON COULD DO IT . $ LET 'S HOPE OUR NEW TACTICS HERE WILL INSPIRE OUR NAVAL INVE NTORS . $ HOWEVER , IN THE ABSENCE OF SWIVELLING GUN TURRETS , I ADMIT I COULD HAVE DONE WITH A FRESHER BREEZE . $ HOW GOES THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN ? $ 06 MOST BRAVELY , MY LORD . $ SHE 'LL BE IN ACTION BEFORE US . $ 01 DAMN COLLINGWOOD WITH HIS NEW COPPER ! $ AND DAMN POOR VICTORY WITH HER BARNACLES OF TWO YEARS ! $ BLACKWOOD , YOU SHOULD BE GETTING ABOARD . $ 09 I HAVE WAITED , MY LORD , UNDER S-STRICT ORDERS . $ 01 WHOSE ORDERS ? $ 09 Y-YOURS , MY LORD . $ YOU SAID L-LAST NIGHT AT OUR GENERAL M-MEETING THAT YOU MIGH T BE FLYING YOUR FLAG IN MY FRIGATE . $ 01 I SAID SUCH A THING ? $ 09 WELL - THE OTHER ADMIRALS S-SAID IT BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOUR L-L-LORDSHIP AGREED . $ AFTER ALL IT WAS YOUR WRITTEN R-RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMM ANDER-IN-CHIEF - $ 01 FIDDLE . $ 09 I BEG PARDON , MY LORD ? $ 01 I SAID ' FIDDLE ' . $ A FRIGATE WAS FOR COLLINGWOOD . $ GO ON BOARD YOURS AND CARRY HER WELL . $ 09 AY , AY , MY LORD . $ 06 MY LORD , WILL YOU PLEASE RECONSIDER ? $ THE VICTORY WILL HAVE THE WEIGHT OF FOUR ENEMY BATTLESHIPS A GAINST HER , ALONE AND UNSUPPORTED . $ 01 DO YOU MAKE IT FOUR ? $ I MAKE IT FIVE . $ 06 WILL YOU AT LEAST GIVE ORDERS THAT THE TEMERAIRE PASS US ? $ SHE IS CLOSE ON OUR HEELS . $ TELL THE SIGNALS OFFICER TO HAIL CAPTAIN HARVEY AND ORDER HI M TO SAIL HIS SHIP TO LEAD THE LINE . $ 20 AY , AY , SIR . $ 01 YES , YES . $ VERY WISE . $ BUT FIRST , AS YOU AND BLACKWOOD ARE BOTH CONVENIENTLY HERE , WILL YOU ATTEST MY SIGNATURE ? $ SEE , I HAVE SIGNED . $ IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR YOU TO READ IT , BUT IN CASE WE GET BURNT OR SUNK , I SHOULD TELL YOU THE GIST , I THINK . $ THIS DOCUMENT MOST CLEARLY AND ABSOLUTELY LEAVES LADY HAMILT ON - WELL IT 'S TOO COMPLICATED , PERHAPS , TO TELL . $ I 'LL READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH . $ ' I LEAVE EMMA , LADY HAMILTON , THEREFORE , A LEGACY TO MY KING AND COUNTRY , THAT THEY WILL GIVE HER AN AMPLE PROVISIO N TO MAINTAIN HER RANK IN LIFE . ' $ WILL YOU SIGN THERE ? $ I THINK THAT WILL MAKE IT ALL LEGAL . $ 20 YOUR ORDERS CARRIED OUT , SIR . $ 01 WHAT 'S THE DAMNED BLACKGUARD HARVEY DOING WITH HIS TEMER AIRE , HARDY ? $ BY GOD - HE 'S TRYING TO PASS US , I SWEAR . $ HAIL HIM AT ONCE TO KEEP HIS PROPER STATION . $ 06 WHAT IS HIS PROPER STATION , MY LORD ? $ 01 BEHIND THE VICTORY , OF COURSE . $ WHERE ELSE ? $ 06 BUT AT YOUR LAST ORDERS I HAVE HAD HIM HAILED TO THE EXAC T CONTRARY . $ 01 FIDDLE . $ 06 YES , MY LORD . $ COUNTERMAND MY LAST ORDER . $ 20 AY , AY , CAPTAIN . $ #83 $ 01 OH HARDY - DID YOU SEE THAT SIGNAL I MADE TO AMUSE THE FL EET ? $ 06 I DID , MY LORD . $ 01 ' ENGLAND CONFIDES THIS DAY ' - $ 06 THERE WAS NO SIGNAL FOR ' CONFIDES ' , SO THE SIGNALS OFF ICER ALTERED IT TO ' EXPECTS ' ... $ 01 ' ENGLAND EXPECTS ' ? $ IT DOESN'T SOUND HALF AS GOOD . $ YOU 'VE BEEN BELOW - DID THE FELLOWS HEAR OF IT ? $ DID IT AMUSE THEM ? $ 06 NOT MUCH , MY LORD . $ THE ONLY COMMENT I HEARD WAS AN ENQUIRY WHETHER THE ADMIRAL HAD GONE OFF HIS HEAD . $ THEY ALL KNOW WHAT 'S TO BE DONE , THEY SAID , AND DON'T NEE D ANY SIGNAL FROM YOU TO TELL THEM . $ STILL , AS IT WAS FROM YOU , THEY DID GIVE IT A CHEER . $ 01 A LOUD CHEER ? $ 06 ALMOST INAUDIBLE . $ BUT THEY YELLED THEIR HEADS OFF AT YOUR LORDSHIP'S NEXT SIGN AL - THE ONE FOR CLOSE ACTION . $ 01 OH WELL - I LOVE THEM ALL - EACH AND EVERY DAMNED RASCAL . $ ON BOARD , BLACKWOOD ! $ 09 AY , AY , MY LORD . $ MAY I WISH YOUR LORDSHIP THE MOST COMPLETE AND CRUSHING VICT ORY EVER WON ? $ 01 WELL , IF IT COULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN I HAV E PLANNED . $ BUT GOD WILL DECIDE ALL . $ GOODBYE , BLACKWOOD . $ 09 AND - AFTER THE BATTLE - MAY IT BE THE EU-EU-EURAYLUS THA T BRINGS THE NEWS TO LONDON ? $ 01 YES . $ HARDY , PLEASE REMEMBER TO TELL COLLINGWOOD THAT IS MY WISH . $ 06 IT WILL BE YOU WHO WILL GIVE THE ORDER , MY LORD . $ 01 OF COURSE . $ I MEANT - IN CASE I FORGET . $ 06 I 'M VERY GLAD YOU HAVE TAKEN MY ADVICE ABOUT THE PLAIN T UNIC . $ TO WEAR THE ONE WITH ALL YOUR STARS UP ON THE QUARTER-DECK W OULD BE SIMPLE SUICIDE . $ 01 OH , OF COURSE . $ 06 WITH THOSE SHARP-SHOOTERS UP IN THEIR MIZZEN-MASTS , IF Y OU HAD BEEN STRUTTING ABOUT YOUR QUARTER-DECK WITH YOUR BREA ST BLAZING LIKE THE SUN - $ 01 I DON'T STRUT , HARDY . $ 06 NO , MY LORD . $ 01 THAT DAMNED TEMERAIRE IS GAINING STILL . $ I 'LL HAVE HARVEY COURT-MARTIALLED - SEE IF I DON'T . $ GO UP AND HAIL HIM YOURSELF . $ 06 AY , AY , MY LORD . $ 01 DESPITE ALL THINGS , I HAVE NOT - HAVE I - BEEN TOO GREAT A SINNER ? $ 06 NO , MY LORD . $ 01 WELL , WELL . $ AT LEAST THEY 'LL NOT SAY OF ME THAT I HAVEN'T DONE MY DUTY . $ AND FOR THAT , I SUPPOSE , I SHOULD THANK MY MAKER . $ 06 YOU SHOULD , I BELIEVE , MY LORD . $ 15 LADY HAMILTON , VI VUOLE VEDERE , ECCELENZA , MA FORSE SA REBBE . $ LADY HAMILTON ... NOT GOOD ... IS BETTER ... LATER . $ 03 WELL , PERHAPS IF I COULD LEAVE HER A NOTE ? $ 15 SI , SI ECCELENZA . $ I FETCH PAPER . $ 02 FRANCESCA ! $ FRANCESCA ! $ DOVE STAI , IDIOTA ? $ 15 SE N'E ANDATA - SE N'E ANDATORNATE A LETTO . $ 02 L'HO VISTA , BUGIARDA . $ HER CARRIAGE IS STILL OUTSIDE . $ LADY NELSON . $ 03 LADY HAMILTON . $ 02 AIUTAMI . $ I 'VE BEEN THROUGH MY WHOLE WARDROBE AND FOUND NOTHING ELSE OF MOURNING . $ I NEVER COULD ABIDE BLACK , YOU SEE - AND I 'VE NOT BEEN OUT OF MY BED FOR A LONG , LONG TIME . $ STOP FUMBLING . $ I 'LL FASTEN IT . $ LEAVE US . $ THIS IS A COSTUME I HAVE SOMETIMES WORN FOR ONE OF MY LITTLE ENTERTAINMENTS . $ PURPLE IS MOURNING , ISN'T IT ? $ IT MUST BE . $ ANYWAY , IT WAS FOR ANDROMACHE . $ THAT WAS THE CHARACTER I PERSONATED IN THIS MANTLE - THE LAS T TIME I DID SO HERE , IN THIS VERY ROOM , ONE NIGHT , BEFOR E - YOUR HUSBAND . $ YOUR VISIT , LADY NELSON , DOES ME GREAT HONOUR . $ TO WHAT DO I ATTRIB - ATTRIBUTE IT ? $ 03 I WOULD NEVER , REST ASSURED , HAVE INTRUDED ON YOUR LADY SHIP'S GRIEF WITHOUT THE MOST URGENT OF REASONS . $ 02 I DO REST ASSURED YOU WOULD NOT . $ 03 I HAVE NEWS OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE FOR YOURSELF , AND I JUDGED IT BEST THAT I SHOULD BE THE ONE TO GIVE IT YOU , RATHER THAN THAT YOU READ IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS TOMORROW . $ 02 I DON'T READ THE NEWSPAPERS ANY MORE . $ I 'M SORRY YOU SHOULD SEE THE HOUSE LIKE THIS . $ IT WAS A PRETTY HOUSE - AND THIS ROOM REALLY THE PRETTIEST O F ALL . $ THE TRUTH IS MY STAFF HAS LEFT ME - ALL SAVE FRANCESCA . $ IT WAS A MATTER OF THEIR WAGES BEING OVERDUE . $ BUT YOUR LADYSHIP WOULD HARDLY UNDERSTAND SUCH THINGS . $ 03 PLEASE , LADY HAMILTON , WILL YOU HEAR MY NEWS ? $ 02 YOUR NEWS ? $ YES , IN A MOMENT - A MOMENT . $ THERE SHOULD BE SOME REFRESHMENT FOR YOUR LADYSHIP . $ 03 PLEASE . $ I DON'T NEED ANY REFRESHMENT . $ 02 WELL , THIS LADYSHIP DOES . $ EXCUSE ME . $ A SHORTAGE OF GLASSWARE . $ THERE ARE SOME GLASSES IN THE DINING-ROOM , BUT IT 'S TOO FA R TO WALK . $ YOUR LADYSHIP SHOULD SEE THE DINING-ROOM BEFORE YOU LEAVE . $ IT IS LEFT EXACTLY AS HE ARRANGED IT ONE NIGHT WITH THE GLAS SES AND THE SILVERWARE TO SHOW THE TWO FLEETS AS THEY WERE T O COME INTO ACTION - AND AS THEY DID COME INTO ACTION - ALMO ST EXACTLY SO , FROM ALL ACCOUNTS - OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR . $ OF COURSE , SOME OF THE SILVER HAS HAD TO GO , BUT THERE MUS T BE ENOUGH LEFT STILL TO MAKE THE PICTURE . $ VERY PRETTY IT LOOKED , WHEN LAST I SAW IT . $ OH WHY DON'T THEY STOP THAT BELL ? $ WE ALL KNOW NELSON 'S DEAD ! $ WASN'T IT A VICTORY ? $ THE BIGGEST YET - AS HE VOWED IT WOULD BE . $ FORGIVE ME , YOUR LADYSHIP , IF I SIT DOWN . $ MY LEGS ARE RATHER WEAK FROM STAYING IN BED . $ AND , OF COURSE , FROM BRANDY TOO . $ THERE 'S NO DENYING THE BRANDY TO YOUR LADYSHIP . $ 03 I SHOULD NOT HAVE COME . $ I SEE THAT NOW . $ 02 WHY NOT ? $ YOU 'VE COME TO GLOAT , HAVEN'T YOU ? $ 03 NO , NO . $ THAT 'S NOT TRUE . $ SIMPLY NOT TRUE . $ BUT HOW CAN ANY OF US KNOW THE REAL REASONS FOR WHAT WE SINC ERELY BELIEVE TO BE RIGHT ? $ 03 IF I 'D BEEN IN YOUR SHOES , I 'D HAVE COME DOWN HERE TO GLOAT . $ 03 NO . $ I AM SURE YOU WOULD NOT , LADY HAMILTON . $ 02 OH YES I WOULD . $ I 'D HAVE GLOATED ALL RIGHT - BECAUSE THAT 'S THE KIND OF WO MAN I AM . $ 03 I DON'T BELIEVE IT . $ I HAVE HEARD MUCH ABOUT YOU , AS YOU MUST APPRECIATE . $ I HAVE LEARNT MUCH ABOUT YOU TOO , AS YOU , IN MY POSITION , WOULD ALSO , SURELY HAVE DONE . $ #84 $ BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT I HAVE LEARNT OF YOU THAT HAS EVER INDICATED ANYTHING BUT A MOST WIDE AND GENEROUS NATURE . $ 02 OH GOD , HOW EASY ARE WORDS ! $ WIDE AND GENEROUS . $ A WHORE - THAT 'S ALL . $ A WHORE WHO STOLE YOUR HUSBAND . $ 03 MY HUSBAND LEFT MY BED FOR YOURS . $ HE WAS BOUND TO HAVE LEFT IT , ONE DAY , FOR SOMEBODY'S . $ I HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT - FOR A LONG TIME NOW . $ WHY NEED WE QUARREL BECAUSE THE BED HAPPENED TO BE YOURS ? $ 02 WE QUARREL BECAUSE YOU WERE MY ENEMY . $ MY REMORSELESS , IMPLACABLE ENEMY . $ YOU HATED ME , DIDN'T YOU ? $ 03 YES , I DID . $ JUST AS YOU MUST HAVE HATED ME . $ 02 BUT I HAD REASON . $ HE WAS MINE . $ I HAD HIM . $ HE WAS ALL MINE . $ MINE - ABSOLUTELY . $ BUT YOU WERE STILL THERE , IN THE SHADOWS , WAITING . $ ALWAYS WAITING . $ CAN YOU DENY IT ? $ 03 NO . $ 02 SITTING THERE WAITING - KNITTING , DARNING , WAITING - PE NELOPE WAITING FOR HER ULYSSES TO COME HOME . $ 03 YES , I WAITED FOR MY ULYSSES . $ OH YES . $ BUT MY ULYSSES DID NOT COME HOME . $ AND MY WAITING FOR HIM , LADY HAMILTON , ALL THOSE YEARS , W AS NOT IN THE LEAST AN ATTITUDE . $ FORGIVE ME , PLEASE . $ THAT WAS UNKIND . $ 02 WELL , HE 'S RETURNING TO YOU ALL RIGHT . $ HE 'S IN A CASK OF BRANDY IN THE BAY OF BISCAY NOW , AND HE 'S RETURNING TO YOU , LADY , VISCOUNTESS - WHAT ARE YOU NOW - ? $ COUNTESS NELSON . $ NOT RETURNING TO ME , WHOM HE LOVED - ABSOLUTELY . $ DELIVERED IN A BARREL OF ALCOHOL . $ IS THAT ALL YOU WERE WAITING FOR ? $ 03 NO . $ 02 YOU WERE WAITING FOR HIM - ALIVE ? $ 03 YES , I WAS . $ IT WAS FOOLISH , I KNOW , BUT I CONFESS IT NOW . $ I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO RETURN TO ME , ALIVE . $ 02 YOU . $ TOM TIT ? $ 03 I WAS WAITING FOR HIS OLD AGE . $ THAT , AT LEAST , WOULD HAVE BEEN MINE . $ 02 OH WELL . $ HERE 'S TO HIS OLD AGE , THEN ! $ MY DOCTOR SAYS THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME , YOU KNOW - AND THA T IT MAYN'T TAKE TOO LONG . $ WELL , IT HAD BETTER NOT . $ I 'M NOT TOO HAPPY AT THE THOUGHT OF SPENDING THE REST OF MY DAYS ON EARTH IN A DEBTOR'S PRISON , WHICH IS WHAT I 'LL BE THREATENED WITH BEFORE LONG . $ 03 THERE 'LL BE NO DEBTOR'S PRISON FOR YOU , LADY HAMILTON . $ THAT IS PART OF WHAT I HAVE COME TO TELL YOU - $ 02 YOU MEAN - $ 03 A DOCUMENT HAS ARRIVED WITH OTHER PAPERS . $ IT IS SIGNED BY LORD NELSON , AND DULY ATTESTED BY CAPTAIN B LACKWOOD AND COMMODORE HARDY - $ 02 OH , HARDY 'S MADE COMMODORE , IS HE ? $ 03 YES . $ 02 AND I CALLED HIM A BUGGER . $ WELL , I SUPPOSE THERE 'S PROMOTION AND MEDALS FOR ALL . $ SO - WHAT DOES THE WILL SAY ? $ 03 IT IS THE VERY LAST KNOWN DOCUMENT OF MY - OF LORD NELSON 'S - LIFE , AND IT LEAVES YOU , EMMA , LADY HAMILTON , AS A LEGACY TO THE NATION . $ 02 A LEGACY TO THE NATION ? $ ME ? $ OH GOD IN HEAVEN ! $ I THINK I 'LL DIE OF THIS . $ LEFT TO THE NATION ? $ ME , ON A PLINTH IN WESTMINSTER HALL , NAKED LIKE WHEN OLD S IR WILLUM WAS ALIVE , WITH ALL THOSE PEERS AND COMMONERS UP TO OLD SIR WILLUM'S TRICKS . $ OR SITTING BETWEEN THE KING AND QUEEN AT WINDSOR ON A THRONE WITH A PLAQUE ON IT SAYING , LEFT TO KING AND COUNTRY BY VI SCOUNT NELSON , HERE SITS EMMA HAMILTON , THE LATE HERO'S WH ORE - $ OH , MY POOR , POOR NELSON ! $ WHAT A BABY HE WAS ? $ BUT OF COURSE - THAT WAS HIS VOW THAT NIGHT . $ NOT DESERTED AND NOT ALONE . $ HOW COULD I BE DESERTED AND ALONE IF I 'M LEFT TO THE NATION ? $ OH MY POOR , DEAR BABY ! $ IT WOULD TAKE HIM TO THINK OF THAT - $ 03 EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WILL BE DONE TO SEE THAT MY LORD'S LA ST WISHES ARE MET . $ THE EARL HIMSELF HAS AGREED - $ 02 THE EARL ? $ WHAT EARL ? $ #85 $ 03 EARL NELSON - WILLIAM NELSON THAT WAS , MY HUSBAND'S BROT HER . $ 02 SO HE 'S AN EARL NOW , IS HE ? $ THE ARSE-LICKING DEAN , WHO NEVER SAID A PRAYER IN HIS LIFE , EXCEPT PERHAPS TO WISH HIS BROTHER DEAD IN BATTLE AND HIMS ELF MADE EARL . $ AND WHAT HAVE THE REST OF THAT GRUBBY CREW OF NELSON'S GOT ? $ WILLIAM'S SON - HE 'LL BE SOMETHING - $ 03 THE VISCOUNT TRAFALGAR . $ 02 THE VISCOUNT TRAFALGAR ? $ THAT SNOTTY-NOSED BRAT ? $ OH GOD , WHAT A WORLD ! $ AND I SUPPOSE THEY 'RE ALL BACK YOUR WAY NOW ? $ I KNOW THEY 'VE ALL LEFT ME . $ AND MINTO ? $ DO YOU SEE MINTO ? $ YES . $ THE FIRST TO RAT , I WARRANT . $ WELL , QUITE A TRIUMPH FOR YOU , ISN'T IT ? $ 03 IF IT IS , YOU MUST NOT SUPPOSE FOR A SINGLE SECOND THAT IT IS ONE I RELISH . $ 02 I CAN'T THINK WHY YOU DON'T . $ 03 BECAUSE I AM NOT THE KIND OF WOMAN WHO WOULD . $ WHY ELSE AM I HERE ? $ YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME , LADY HAMILTON . $ 02 NO . $ I NEVER DID . $ I NEVER UNDERSTOOD YOU AT ALL , I SUPPOSE . $ I WONDER WHAT IT 'S LIKE TO BE GOOD . $ 03 TRYING TO BE IS NOT ALWAYS VERY EASY . $ 02 DID YOU EVER UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 03 NO . $ 02 IT 'S A FUNNY WORLD , ISN'T IT ? $ 03 I THINK YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO BED , AND I 'LL SAY GOODBYE . $ SHALL I CALL YOUR MAID ? $ 02 I 'LL CALL HER . $ FRANCESCA ! $ VENI QUI PRONTO ! $ FRANCESCA , ACCOMPAGNA LA SIGNORA COUNTESSA ALLA SUA CARROZA . $ 03 LOOK AFTER YOUR MISTRESS . $ I CAN FIND MY OWN WAY OUT . $ YOU MUST BELIEVE ME , LADY HAMILTON , WHEN I SAY THAT I MYSE LF INTEND TO USE ANY INFLUENCE THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO SEE THAT MY LORD'S LAST WISHES ARE FULLY MET , AND THAT YOUR DEBTS A T LEAST ARE PAID FOR BY PARLIAMENT . $ 02 I BELIEVE YOU . $ BUT OF COURSE YOU WON'T SUCCEED . $ PARLIAMENT ? $ THEY WON'T EVEN PUT IT TO THE VOTE . $ OH WITHERED IS THE GARLAND OF WAR . $ YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS - I CAN'T REMEMBER , WHAT YOUNG BOYS AN D GIRLS DID . $ THE USUAL , I SUPPOSE . $ I 'M SORRY . $ I PUT SOME OF CLEOPATRA IN THAT NIGHT . $ QUITE A LOT - JUST TO ANNOY HARDY . $ IT DIDN'T , OF COURSE , BECAUSE HE 'S TOO IGNORANT TO KNOW H IS SHAKESPEARE . $ NOW I 'VE FORGOT IT TOO . $ I CAN ONLY REMEMBER - THE ODDS IS GONE , AND THERE IS NOTHIN G LEFT REMARKABLE BENEATH THE VISITING MOON . $ 03 PLEASE DON'T LOSE HOPE . $ I WILL DO ALL THAT I CAN , I PROMISE . $ 02 YOU DON'T NEED TO PROMISE . $ I WONDER , LADY NELSON , JUST AS A MATTER OF IDLE INTEREST , WHICH ONE OF US WILL BE BETTER REMEMBERED IN A HUNDRED YEAR S AS NELSON 'S WOMAN . $ YOU , I SUPPOSE . $ I 'LL JUST BE A FIGURE OF FUN ! $ WELL , HERE 'S TO THE FIGURE OF FUN ! $ OH , WHY DON'T THEY STOP THAT BELL ! $ 03 I 'M LEAVING YOU NOW . $ FRANCESCA , PLEASE DO LOOK AFTER HER . $ PLEASE ] $ 15 E MO , ECCELENZA , PER L'AMORE DI DIO , TORNATE A LETTO . $ 02 NO . $ 03 POOR LADY HAMILTON ! $