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Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty:
One week Later Portsmouth...
Pellew looked at Hornlower after hearing out of the state his daughter was in. Her depression and never ending sobbing. " Leave us Hornblower." He requested and opened the door to his cabin. Penelope came in and immedaitely ran into his arms. Sobbing in his shoulder. For the first time in a while. Pellew embraced her.
" I'd drink poison for him." She muttered quietly.
" Why?" He asked as they gently pulled away from the embrace. She hung her head." Look at me, Penelope." He said and tilted her chin to look at her.
" I...she started. Calmier then before. " William is worth it thats why. I love him so much." She whispered.
" So you and Mr. Bush are no longer together." He mused. She nodded. He nodded back " Take a seat." He said and gestured over to a chair. Where across from that he sat in his chair.A desk seperating the father and daughter.
" He called off the engagement because he thought that Hornblower and you, were having an affair, am I correct so far?" He asked. She nodded.
" And?"
" No. We were never havging an affair. But he caught Hornblower and myself in the act of a simple kiss." She explianed.
" I see. Well it could be worse. You could be pregnant too, eh." He mused. She looked at him with intense eyes and started to cry again." Oh. God...you're...not...are you?" She nodded.
" I...uh...request a transfer please." She whispered.
" Like hell you'll transfer. I'm going to sign your discharge. I was a fool to get you into His Majistie's Navy." Pellew said.Penelope did not argue. And nodded. Not in the mood to argue. She heard her father's voice again." I guess this means you are not a little girl anymore." When she looked over. He was leaning with his back against the desk.Beside her. He was looking down at her. He continued," You know I remember when you were younger. Perhaps nine. I was shipping out and you ran out to me and said take me on the boat papa. Take me on the boat papa." He paused and he himself tried to picture it.
Penelope smiled lightly," And you...have to correct me. It's not a boat it's a ship." She chuckled lightly. She noticed he was studying her face. Carefully." What?" She asked.
" Nothing. Nothing. It's just...you look so much like your mother. And with the bravery to match." He said. Bringing another smile to her face. And then noticed she hung her head again." Whats the matter?"
" What am I to do? I'm pregnant and the father has left me."She explained.
" Well. Does he know that your with child?"
" No. I could not bring myself to tell him. Out of fear he would have thought it was Hornblower's. Who I was not even remotely sleeping with." Penelope explained.
Pellew nodded." I'm going to take you back to London." Penelope immediately looked at him.
She nodded. And all Pellew had to say.Was this." I'm sorry I got you into this mess."
" I need to see her." William said, right before the ship left port.Clearly calmed down more.
" You should have thought about that before she transferred to the Admeral's vessel." Hornblower said.
" She's...not..."
" Here...no...she could not bare to see you everyday. Not when you two are no longer in love." He explained." You hurt her.William. She and I never...well not recently...slept together. " William looked at Hornblower then over at the Admeral's ship. He could see Penelope on deck. He hung his head and knew that he would never see her again. But...he was going to find her no matter what.
One week Later Portsmouth...
Pellew looked at Hornlower after hearing out of the state his daughter was in. Her depression and never ending sobbing. " Leave us Hornblower." He requested and opened the door to his cabin. Penelope came in and immedaitely ran into his arms. Sobbing in his shoulder. For the first time in a while. Pellew embraced her.
" I'd drink poison for him." She muttered quietly.
" Why?" He asked as they gently pulled away from the embrace. She hung her head." Look at me, Penelope." He said and tilted her chin to look at her.
" I...she started. Calmier then before. " William is worth it thats why. I love him so much." She whispered.
" So you and Mr. Bush are no longer together." He mused. She nodded. He nodded back " Take a seat." He said and gestured over to a chair. Where across from that he sat in his chair.A desk seperating the father and daughter.
" He called off the engagement because he thought that Hornblower and you, were having an affair, am I correct so far?" He asked. She nodded.
" And?"
" No. We were never havging an affair. But he caught Hornblower and myself in the act of a simple kiss." She explianed.
" I see. Well it could be worse. You could be pregnant too, eh." He mused. She looked at him with intense eyes and started to cry again." Oh. God...you're...not...are you?" She nodded.
" I...uh...request a transfer please." She whispered.
" Like hell you'll transfer. I'm going to sign your discharge. I was a fool to get you into His Majistie's Navy." Pellew said.Penelope did not argue. And nodded. Not in the mood to argue. She heard her father's voice again." I guess this means you are not a little girl anymore." When she looked over. He was leaning with his back against the desk.Beside her. He was looking down at her. He continued," You know I remember when you were younger. Perhaps nine. I was shipping out and you ran out to me and said take me on the boat papa. Take me on the boat papa." He paused and he himself tried to picture it.
Penelope smiled lightly," And you...have to correct me. It's not a boat it's a ship." She chuckled lightly. She noticed he was studying her face. Carefully." What?" She asked.
" Nothing. Nothing. It's just...you look so much like your mother. And with the bravery to match." He said. Bringing another smile to her face. And then noticed she hung her head again." Whats the matter?"
" What am I to do? I'm pregnant and the father has left me."She explained.
" Well. Does he know that your with child?"
" No. I could not bring myself to tell him. Out of fear he would have thought it was Hornblower's. Who I was not even remotely sleeping with." Penelope explained.
Pellew nodded." I'm going to take you back to London." Penelope immediately looked at him.
She nodded. And all Pellew had to say.Was this." I'm sorry I got you into this mess."
" I need to see her." William said, right before the ship left port.Clearly calmed down more.
" You should have thought about that before she transferred to the Admeral's vessel." Hornblower said.
" She's...not..."
" Here...no...she could not bare to see you everyday. Not when you two are no longer in love." He explained." You hurt her.William. She and I never...well not recently...slept together. " William looked at Hornblower then over at the Admeral's ship. He could see Penelope on deck. He hung his head and knew that he would never see her again. But...he was going to find her no matter what.