The Fortune of War - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

The Fortune of War

The wombat stared him straight in the eye, drew a length of gold lace from its mouth, and then deliberately sucked it in again.

'Pass the word for Dr Maturin,' said the Captain, looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this is coming it pretty high: your brute is eating my hat.'

'So he is, too,' said Dr Maturin. 'But do not be so perturbed, Jack; it will do him no harm, at all. His digestive processes -,

At this point the wombat dropped the hat, shuffled rapidly across the deck and swarmed up into Dr Maturin's arms, peering at close range into his face with a look of deep affection.

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Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyage of the Leopard

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The Mauritius Command - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyage of the Boadicea
Voyage of the Raisonable
Maturin in The Mauritius

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Volume II - Jonathan Strange - Susanna Clarke

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HMS Surprise - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyages from HMS Surprise

Stephen looked sharply round, saw the decanter, smelt to the sloth, and cried, 'Jack, you have debauched my sloth.'

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"Nymphs, forsooth. If they were nymphs, they must have had their being in a tolerably rank and stagnant pool"

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