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The movement therefore continued as described, the opposing ships slowly "sliding by" each other until about 9.15, when the wind suddenly shifted back to south-east again. The British, on the contrary, were free either to hold their course or to head towards the enemy. The Glorieux, on the starboard hand of Rodney's little column, received its successive broadsides.
"I am in love with Katharine myself. That is why I am here to-night." Ralph spoke distinctly and deliberately, as if Rodney's confession had made this statement necessary. Rodney exclaimed something inarticulate. "Ah, I've always known it," he cried, "I've known it from the first. You'll marry her!" The cry had a note of despair in it. Again the wind intercepted their words. They said no more.
She did not tell Richard, because she could not have borne to see how pleased he would look, but she went about the house light-heartedly for winter days, bursting with song, and then penitently checking herself and planning to send Roger extravagant presents for Christmas, until Susan Rodney's letter came.
Whereupon five minutes after, the amiable traitress was seated at her writing-desk replying to Rodney's last imperative inquiry, and telling him, under protest, as something he could not possibly help, or have to do with, the further misfortune of Sylvie and her mother. Mr.
By that time Rose's idea had flowered into resolution. She knew exactly what she was going to do. But she mustn't jeopardize the success of her plan by trying to put it into effect too soon. She waited patiently, reasonably, for another fortnight. Harriet by that time had gone off to Washington on a visit, taking Rodney's heartfelt thanks with her.
My city friend would be delighted to know that Rodney's able champion enjoyed the tobacco he sent." "Well, I don't care if I do," and the captain knocked the cold ashes out of his pipe. "I'll fill up, and then git home. But there is one thing I want to ask ye, and that's what brought me over here to-night. Me and Betsey are pretty lonely at times.
Rodney's opportunity had passed, and he was lost in depressed realization of its failure. Laurie strolled back to the mirror, his forgotten tie dangling in his hand. "We'll let it go at that," he said then. "Think things over, and make up your mind what you want to do about the contract." "All right."
All these effects of 'breaking the line' received illustration in Rodney's great battle in 1782." Before we leave the War of American Independence mention should be made of Commodore Suffren who, as we have seen, left de Grasse with five ships of the line to conduct a campaign in the Indian Ocean in the spring of 1781.
At Sheerness, only a few miles distant, a number of ships of war, amongst them Rodney's, were at the same time fitting out and wanting men. The situation was thus charged with possibilities.
Well might Hood write: "Had Sir George Rodney's judgment, after the enemy had been so totally put to flight, borne any proportion to the high courage, zeal and exertion, so very manifestly shown by every captain, all difficulty would now have been at an end. We might have done just as we pleased, instead of being at this hour upon the defensive."
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