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Hornblower on Prize Money and Family Tensions at Sea
Mrs. Mason presses Hornblower about prize money while he endures a tense dinner with Maria and their baby. He explains prize shares favor flag officers only, and naval pay remains low as wartime costs rise. A spring Brest blockade renews strategic concerns and shipbuilding needs across French ports.
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Clorinde
Hornblower
Admiralty
Mrs. Mason
Spithead
Nore
Maria
Horatio
Hotspur
Driver’s Alley
Atlantic
Little Horatio