Nautical DelightsChapter 22 Military Uses
A fortnight after the Emir and his English guests had left the Imperial Voyager the orders were cut for a Military Conference, and this time, Admiral Henry Hargreaves was notified, it would be a full week, as it was a final promotion board for an Army Officer. He, himself, was invited to attend the final session of the promotion board, and it was made clear that this was an invitation, not an order, but that it might interest him to see the final test. Six of the ship's resident concubines...