There's also the master's comment about diving - "young Marlow trying to break his neck" and "reasonable to find that board daunting". The there's hanging on to Nicola on the Undercliff. I think he's a fairly good example of the Hornblower type - not obviously a good sailor at first sight, but determined and tenacious.
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Date: 2005-08-06 11:13 pm (UTC)The there's hanging on to Nicola on the Undercliff.
I think he's a fairly good example of the Hornblower type - not obviously a good sailor at first sight, but determined and tenacious.