Not sure when next section will be up. I have nothing but a plan in the can, but am trying to build a bit of momentum so there will be reading material during the holidays.
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I am glad to hear that this section went well. It was to have been a couple of paragraphs in another post, but Dr. Cheltenham had ideas about laying down the medical law to an Admiral! He can be a bit humorous/eccentric in his ways because he is very very good, and because as long as he doesn't commit a crime in uniform he will be back to his lucrative practice when the war is over. Plus, a senior V-Adm and HM the King have his back. (BTW I don't know where he found this vet - presumably he looked after the stock on the Cheltenham family country estates....)
Of course this would not happen to others - including those suggested above. (Pound knew he was dying, regardless of work effort, and held on a bit too long.) In this case we don't have just another officer, of whatever rank, but rather a current national hero less than three months ago carried home on his shield more dead than alive. And of course Moore has HM the King's eye as both an important symbol (and also a genuine contributor both at sea and ashore) and a real live hero he has recently had the pleasure of decorating - and not for a birthday party. So this is special. He might possibly work himself to death later - but not right now.
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I am glad to hear that this section went well. It was to have been a couple of paragraphs in another post, but Dr. Cheltenham had ideas about laying down the medical law to an Admiral! He can be a bit humorous/eccentric in his ways because he is very very good, and because as long as he doesn't commit a crime in uniform he will be back to his lucrative practice when the war is over. Plus, a senior V-Adm and HM the King have his back. (BTW I don't know where he found this vet - presumably he looked after the stock on the Cheltenham family country estates....)
Of course this would not happen to others - including those suggested above. (Pound knew he was dying, regardless of work effort, and held on a bit too long.) In this case we don't have just another officer, of whatever rank, but rather a current national hero less than three months ago carried home on his shield more dead than alive. And of course Moore has HM the King's eye as both an important symbol (and also a genuine contributor both at sea and ashore) and a real live hero he has recently had the pleasure of decorating - and not for a birthday party. So this is special. He might possibly work himself to death later - but not right now.