The story was a familiar one: how a Russian sniper had nearly killed him at
Sevastopol. He tells it well, and one could be forgiven for thinking
there's some embellishment, but in fact Fitzjames always hews as closely as
possible to the bare facts of the events as he remembers them.
"Enlisting in the Navy directly before the Crimean War was perhaps not a
wise decision, but it certainly proved to be an adventurous one," Fitzjames
replies with a wry smile, and there's more than a little self-deprecation
in his tone.
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The story was a familiar one: how a Russian sniper had nearly killed him at Sevastopol. He tells it well, and one could be forgiven for thinking there's some embellishment, but in fact Fitzjames always hews as closely as possible to the bare facts of the events as he remembers them.
"Enlisting in the Navy directly before the Crimean War was perhaps not a wise decision, but it certainly proved to be an adventurous one," Fitzjames replies with a wry smile, and there's more than a little self-deprecation in his tone.