Robert Beatty credited as playing...
Lt. William Bush
- 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. William Bush: It is the captain's wish, Your Ladyship, that from now on you and your maid remain below.
- Lady Barbara Wellesley: [to Hornblower] Can two women really be so distracting, Captain?
- Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N: May I remind you that my men have been continously at sea for eight months?
- Lady Barbara Wellesley: [as Hornblower begins to walk away] Oh, Captain!
- [He stops and turns to her]
- Lady Barbara Wellesley: And how long have you been at sea?
- Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N: [Hornblower turns to walk away, stops, and clears his throat] Ha-Hmmm!
- [He continues to walk away]
- Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N: Mr. Bush, here are the keys to my dispatch box containing the Admiralty's orders. If I'm not back aboard by midnight, you will assume command.
- Lt. William Bush: Not back on board, sir? But you said they were on our side!
- Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N: War breeds strange allies, Mr. Bush
- Midshipman Longley: What if the Spanish attack while we're at anchor?
- Lt. William Bush: The Lydia'd be blown to bits... and I'd lose twenty shillings.
- 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!