With Cochrane the Dauntless (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781515204961)

"I am sure I do not know what to do with you, Steve," Lieutenant Embleton said one afternoon as he and his son were sitting upon a bench on the cliff at Ramsgate, looking over the sea. "Upon my word I don't see my way at all; this peace has stranded most of us, and at any rate, so far as I am concerned, there is not a ghost of a chance of my obtaining employment-not that I am fit for it if I could get it. I have been nearly ten years ashore. Every one of us who sailed under Cochrane have been marked men ever since. However, that is an old story, and it is no use grumbling over what cannot be helped; besides, that wound in my hip has been troubling me a good deal of late, and I know I am not fit for sea. I don't think I should have minded so much if I had got post rank before being laid on the shelf. The difference of pension, too, would have been a help, for goodness knows it is hard work making ends meet on a lieutenant's half-pay. However, that is not the question now. The thing that I have got to consider is what is the best thing to do with you.

Author: G. a. Henty
ISBN-10: 1515204960
ISBN-13: 9781515204961
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/23/2015
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.23d