imagine this is a useful subject heading :D (on to rouen! i guess)

By the time they disembark at Le Havre, Bradford is feeling distinctly sick. He is not alone, to judge from the faces of most of the men as they file off the steamer. Bradford can at least partly blame the stuffiness of the room in which he and Cuthbertson and Dix and a couple of other officers played cards. The closeness of the room was not helped by all the smoking and Dix's generosity with the flask he had secreted inside his jacket. Bradford had always been able to handle his drink, but the combination of smoke and scotch – good scotch, at least – and closed windows just made the rough crossing worse.

( Chin up, Cuthbertson whispers as they go off in search of orders and direction. )

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...i though i had a hysterical historical researchy note but now i can't remember what it was.