The Gentleman

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Title: The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Author: Alfred Ollivant
Release Date: June, 2005 [EBook #8396] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on July 26, 2003]
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THE GENTLEMAN A ROMANCE OF THE SEA
BY ALFRED OLLIVANT
AUTHOR OF "BOB, SON OF BATTLE" AND "REDBOAT CAPTAIN"
1908
TO THE NAVY

CONTENTS
JULY 1805
BOOK I THE LITTLE TREMENDOUS
I THE DEATH OF BLACK DIAMOND
Chap. I. THE MAN ON THE GREY
II. THE GALLOPING GENT
III. THE GUNNER OF THE SLOOP
IV. OLD DING-DONG
V. REUBEN BONIFACE'S STORY
VI. THE LUGGER KITE VII. THE MAN IN THE LUGGER
VIII. THE SCENT-BOTTLE
II MAGNIFICENT ARRY
IX. THE TWO PRIVATEERS
X. THE MAIN-DECK
XI. COMMODORE MOUCHE
XII. BOARDERS
XIII. AFTER THE FIGHT
III UNDER THE CLIFF
XIV. SUNDAY EVENING
XV. THE VOICE FROM THE POWDER-MAGAZINE
XVI. MAGNIFICENT ARRY GOES ALOFT
XVII. THE GRAVE OF THE LITTLE TREMENDOUS XVIII. OLD DING-DONG'S REVENGE
XIX. OLD DING-DONG HOMEWARD-BOUND
BOOK II
BEACHY HEAD I THE GAP GANG
XX. THE LAST OF A BRITISH SEAMAN.
XXI. KIT STARTS ON HIS MISSION
XXII. FAT GEORGE & CO
XXIII. THE CLIMB
XXIV. THE CLIMB
II THE MAN ON THE CLIFF
XXV. THE GENTLEMAN BOWS
XXVI. THE DEAD WOMAN
XXVII. THE HOLLOW IN THE COOMBE
XXVIII. ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD
III ABERCROMBY'S BLACK COCK
XXIX. THE FLAG OF HIS COUNTRY
XXX. AN OLD SONG
XXXI. THE MAN WITH THE SWORD
XXXII. THE BROKEN SQUARE
XXXIII. FIGHTING FITZ
XXXIV. THE FACE ON THE WALL
IV THE GARRISON
XXXV. THE SOLDIER'S MOTHER
XXXVI. THE FIGHTING MAN
XXXVII. THE SAINT
XXXVIII. THE SIMPLETON
XXXIX. THE FLAP OF A FLAG.
V THE BOARDING OF THE PRIVATEER
XL. THE SWIM IN THE DARK
XLI. PIGGY, THE PRIVATEERSMAN
XLII. THE MAN IN THE BOAT
XLIII. A BLACK BORDERER TO THE RESCUE
BOOK III FORT FLINT
I BESIEGED
XLIV. THE ENGLISHMAN
XLV. THE PARSON AT HOME
XLVI. THE PARSON'S STORY
XLVII. THE DESPATCH-BAG
XLVIII. THE DOXIE'S DAUGHTER
II THE SALLY
XLIX. MAKING READY
L. IN THE DRAIN
LI. VOICES OF THE LOST
LII. HARE AND HOUND
LIII. OLD TOADIE
LIV. THE PARSON'S AGONY
LV. PRETTY POLLY-KISS-ME-QUICK
LVI. THE RACE FOR THE COTTAGE
III THE SHADOW OF THE WOMAN
LVII. THE PARLEY
LVIII. THE PLANK CAPONIER
LIX. MISS BLOSSOM
LX. THE TWO PRAYERS
LXI. KNAPP'S RETURN
LXII. THE PARSON MUSES
IV THE GENTLEMAN'S LAST CARD
LXIII. NELSON'S TOPSAILS
LXIV. RUMBLINGS OF THUNDER
LXV. THE DOINGS IN THE CREEK
LXVI. BUGLES
LXVII. THE ACE OF TRUMPS
V THE FORLORN HOPE
LXVIII. THE BLESSING
LXIX. THE PARSON'S SORTIE
LXX. THE LAST OF OLD FAITHFUL
LXXI. ON THE SHINGLE-BANK
LXXII. THE RACE FOR THE LUGGER
LXXIII. NOBLESSE OBLIGE
BOOK IV NELSON
I H.M.S. MEDUSA LXXIV. NATURE, THE COMFORTER
LXXV. ON THE DECK OF THE MEDUSA LXXVI. IN THE CABIN OF THE MEDUSA LXXVII. THE MEDUSA GOES ABOUT
LXXVIII. NELSON'S HEART
LXXIX. IN THE CABIN AGAIN
LXXX. THE MEDUSA DIPS HER ENSIGN
II KNAPP'S STORY
LXXXI. THE RETURN
LXXXII. BACK TO THE DOOR
LXXXIII. PIPER PRAYS
LXXXIV. IN THE COTTAGE
III THE WISH AT EVENING
LXXXV. THE SANCTUARY
LXXXVI. TWILIGHT
LXXXVII. HIS CAUSE
LXXXVIII. THE ADVENTURER
LXXXIX. THE LAST POST
SEPTEMBER 1805

The introductory poem appeared originally in the _Pall Mall Magazine_, and is re-published by permission of the Editor.

OUR SEA
The Sea! the Sea! Our own home-land, the Sea! 'Tis, as it always was, and still, please God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Possessing it for Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea.
The stripped, moon-shining, naked-bosomed Sea.
No jerry-building here; No scenes that once were dear Beneath man's tawdry touch to disappear; Always the same, the Sea, Th' unstable-steadfast Sea. 'Tis, as it always was, and still, please God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Vice-regents under Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea.
The mighty-furrowed, moody-minded Sea.
New suns and moons arise; Perish old dynasties; For ever rise and die the centuries; Only remains the Sea, Our right of way, the Sea. 'Tis, as it always was, and still, phase God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Our heritage from Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea.
Our good, grey, faithful, Saxon-loving Sea._

JULY 1805
"Succeed, and you command the Irish Expedition," said the squat fellow.
"My Emperor!" replied the tall cavalry-man, saluted, and clanked away in the gloom.
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