"On this calm, sunny day the ships all had their ports open to air the lower decks, and behind these ports he saw the guns, row after row of guns, with seamen titivating them."--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 256
"On this calm, sunny day the ships all had their ports open to air the lower decks, and behind these ports he saw the guns, row after row of guns, with seamen titivating them."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 256