Moultrie Kelsall credited as playing...
Lt. Crystal
- Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N: Gentlemen, we will raise our objective within two days. It will be identified by a fortress on a hill overlooking a large bay.
- [Hornblower leaves the quarterdeck]
- Lt. Crystal: A fortress... and a wind before morning. Huh! Heat's gone to his head.
- Lt. William Bush: Well, I think he knows more than he's saying.
- Lt. Crystal: Perhaps you'd care to take a wager on it, Mr. Bush?
- Lt. William Bush: How much can you afford?
- Lt. Crystal: Five shillings that says no wind and ten shillings that we don't sight any fortress.
- Lt. William Bush: Done!
- [Hornblower informs his officers of the approach of a Spanish ship-of-the-line]
- 2nd Lt. Gerard: A sixty gunner! What do you suppose he's up to?
- Lt. Crystal: We don't clear the bay, I'll wager we're all dead before morning.
- Lt. William Bush: How much can you afford this time?
- Lt. Crystal: Twenty shillings.
- Lt. William Bush: Done! Where shall I send the money if you win?
- Lt. Crystal: Signal from the lookout, sir. Natividad's gone about - one more tack and she'll be at the harbor mouth.
- Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N: Very good, Mr. Crystal. Well, gentlemen, that leaves time for a rubber of whist.
- Lt. Crystal: Admiral's barge heading our way.
- Lt. William Bush: Hoist the storm warnings. It's Mucho Pomposo himself.
- 2nd Lt. Gerard: Who?
- Lt. William Bush: Sir Rodney Leighton, Knight of the Bath, Knight of the Tower, Sword of Portugal. For some extraordinary reason, a rear admiral in His Majesty's Navy.
- 2nd Lt. Gerard: Come to claim his lady.
- Lt. William Bush: Pipe the side!