The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea   By: Alfred Ollivant (1874-1927)

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