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B IOGRAPHICAL N OTE I NTRODUCTION by Elizabeth Hardwick REDBURN
H OW W ELLINGBOROUGH R EDBURN’S T ASTE FOR THE S EA W AS B ORN AND B RED IN H IM R EDBURN’S D EPARTURE FROM H OME H E A RRIVES IN T OWN H OW H E D ISPOSED OF H IS F OWLING -P IECE H E P URCHASES H IS S EA -W ARDROBE, AND ON A D ISMAL R AINY D AY P ICKS U P H IS B OARD AND L ODGING A LONG THE W HARVES H E I S I NITIATED IN THE B USINESS OF C LEANING O UT THE P IG -P EN, AND S LUSHING D OWN THE T OP -M AST H E G ETS TO S EA, AND F EELS V ERY B AD H E I S P UT INTO THE L ARBOARD W ATCH; G ETS S EA -S ICK; AND R ELATES S OME O THER OF H IS E XPERIENCES T HE S AILORS B ECOMING A L ITTLE S OCIAL, R EDBURN C ONVERSES WITH T HEM H E I S V ERY M UCH F RIGHTENED; THE S AILORS A BUSE H IM; AND H E B ECOMES M ISERABLE AND F ORLORN H E H ELPS W ASH THE D ECKS, AND T HEN G OES TO B REAKFAST H E G IVES S OME A CCOUNT OF O NE OF H IS S HIPMATES C ALLED J ACKSON H E H AS A F INE D AY AT S EA, B EGINS TO L IKE I T; B UT C HANGES H IS M IND H E C ONTEMPLATES M AKING A S OCIAL C ALL ON THE C APTAIN IN H IS C ABIN T HE M ELANCHOLY S TATE OF H IS W ARDROBE A T D EAD OF N IGHT H E I S S ENT U P TO L OOSE THE M AIN -S KYSAIL T HE C OOK AND S TEWARD H E E NDEAVORS TO I MPROVE H IS MIND; AND T ELLS OF O NE B LUNT AND H IS D REAM B OOK A N ARROW E SCAPE I N A F OG H E I S S ET TO W ORK AS A B ELL -T OLLER, AND B EHOLDS A H ERD OF O CEAN -E LEPHANTS A W HALEMAN AND A M AN - OF -W AR’S -M AN T HE H IGHLANDER P ASSES A W RECK A N U NACCOUNTABLE C ABIN -P ASSENGER, AND A M YSTERIOUS Y OUNG L ADY H E B EGINS TO H OP A BOUT IN THE R IGGING L IKE A S AINT J AGO’S M ONKEY Q UARTER -D ECK F URNITURE A S AILOR A J ACK OF A LL T RADES H E G ETS A P EEP AT I RELAND, AND AT L AST A RRIVES AT L IVERPOOL H E G OES TO S UPPER AT THE S IGN OF THE B ALTIMORE C LIPPER R EDBURN D EFERENTIALLY D ISCOURSES C ONCERNING THE P ROSPECTS OF S AILORS R EDBURN G ROWS I NTOLERABLY F LAT AND S TUPID OVER S OME O UTLANDISH O LD G UIDE -B OOKS W ITH H IS P ROSY O LD G UIDE -B OOK, H E T AKES A P ROSY S TROLL T HROUGH THE T OWN T HE D OCKS T HE S ALT -D ROGHERS, AND G ERMAN E MIGRANT S HIPS T HE I RRAWADDY G ALLIOTS, C OAST - OF -G UINEA -M AN, AND F LOATING C HAPEL T HE O LD C HURCH OF S T. N ICHOLAS, AND THE D EAD -H OUSE W HAT R EDBURN S AW IN L AUNCELOTT’S -H EY T HE D OCK -W ALL B EGGARS T HE B OOBLE -A LLEYS OF THE T OWN P LACARDS, B RASS -J EWELERS, T RUCK -H ORSES, AND S TEAMERS R EDBURN R OVES A BOUT H ITHER AND T HITHER H IS A DVENTURE WITH THE C ROSS O LD G ENTLEMAN H E T AKES A D ELIGHTFUL R AMBLE INTO THE C OUNTRY; AND M AKES THE A CQUAINTANCE OF T HREE A DORABLE C HARMERS R EDBURN I NTRODUCES M ASTER H ARRY B OLTON TO THE F AVORABLE C ONSIDERATION OF THE R EADER H ARRY B OLTON K IDNAPS R EDBURN, AND C HARRIES H IM O FF TO L ONDON A M YSTERIOUS N IGHT IN L ONDON H OMEWARD -B OUND A L IVING C ORPSE C ARLO H ARRY B OLTON AT S EA T HE E MIGRANTS T HE E MIGRANTS K ITCHEN T HE H ORATII AND C URIATII S OME S UPERIOR O LD N AIL -R OD AND P IG -T AIL D RAWING N IGH TO THE L AST S CENE IN J ACKSON’S C AREER U NDER THE L EE OF THE L ONG -B OAT, R EDBURN AND H ARRY H OLD C ONFIDENTIAL C OMMUNION A LMOST A F AMINE T HOUGH THE H IGHLANDER P UTS INTO N O H ARBOR AS Y ET; S HE H ERE AND T HERE L EAVES M ANY OF H ER P ASSENGERS B EHIND T HE L AST E ND OF J ACKSON H OME AT L AST R EDBURN AND H ARRY, A RM IN A RM, IN H ARBOR T HE L AST T HAT W AS E VER H EARD OF H ARRY B OLTON
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