Naval Occasions and Some Traits of the Sailor-man【電子書籍】[ Bartimeus ]

＜p＞The Midshipman of the Second Picket Boatーthat is to say, the boat with the bell-mouthed funnel of burnished brass and vermilion paint inside her cowlsーwas standing under the electric light at the battery door reading the Commander's night order-book. "Second Picket Boat to have steam by 5 A.M., and will perform duties of D.S.B. for the Second Division." He closed the book and stood meditatively looking out into the darkness beyond the quarter-deck rails. It was blowing fitfully, gusts of wind shaking the awning in a manner that threatened dirty weather on the morrow. "Why the deuce couldn't the other Picket boat...? But she hadn't got a brass funnelーonly a skimpy painted affair. Decidedly it was the fatal beauty of his boat that had influenced the Commander's decision. Still..." He yawned drearily, and opening the deck log, ran his finger down the barometer readings. "Glass lowーbeastly lowーand steady. Wind 4-5, o.c.q.r. H'm'm." The cryptic quotations did not appear to add joy to the．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る