Date: 2003-03-03 09:59 am (UTC)
I was most intrigued by his recent, "Don't presume to tell me I was brave" outburst - as you say, he's much grimmer later on. And it's not as though (like Bracegirdle) he'd actually been failing... I do think it's the cumulative weight of losses wearing at him.

It's very noticeable change, but I can't really pinpoint any particular trigger for it. (Although the shipper in me keeps insisting that it's all due to Archie's devastating loss...)

I *was* wondering if they shed any light on the Mutiny incident.

Oho, now *that's* an interesting point. Because that particular book (Lieutenant Hornblower) is apparently told entirely from Bush's point of view. Every book in the series is told from Horatio's POV - except this one...
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