Queer Fancies
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Newly-minted Commander Hornblower considers that the odd shadows that lurk in his mind make him unlovable. Lieutenant Bush considers that Commander Hornblower is just delicious, shadows and all. Add them together in Kingston and stir.
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- Part 1 of Queer Fancies
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During the Peace of Amiens, a chance meeting between Pellew and his favourite old lieutenant gets a little… intense.
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- Part 2 of Queer Fancies
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Years ago, then-Midshipman Bush brought a couple of embarrassing souvenirs back from shore leave. He's used to them and used to concealing them, and doesn’t think of them much, except when the weather turns cold. One night on Hotspur, Captain Hornblower discovers what he’s been hiding.
The good captain is not actually displeased.
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- Part 3 of Queer Fancies
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Scenes from the imperfect but by no means completely unhappy marriage of Horatio and Maria Hornblower.
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- Part 4 of Queer Fancies
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It is generally known what happened the day Captain Hornblower said goodbye to his crew and to Hotspur. It is somewhat less well known what happened two days prior-- when he said goodbye to his first lieutenant and Hotspur on more intimate terms. (Or: in which Bush and Hornblower slide down the slippery slopes of sentiment.)
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- Part 5 of Queer Fancies
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Usually it’s Hornblower who can’t shut his mind off, who balks at the darknesses his mind throws up to him. Today, on the Nonsuch, it’s his good solid Bush struggling with his hindbrain, and it’s up to Hornblower to take up the mantle of the wise sailor who knows that fantasies don’t change a man’s worth.
It’s not so strange, after all, that a man who’s been repaired with a wooden limb already might imagine being refit even further.
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- Part 6 of Queer Fancies