Chapters 13, 14, and 15 Summary

Hornblower awakes aboard ship with a dreadful hangover. In the next hour, a message arrives by boat announcing a visit from M. le Comte du Nord. Hornblower confers with Wychwood, who confirms that M. le Comte du Nord is in fact the Czar, who likes to travel "incognito" to avoid the pomp and circumstance due his station. The ship is readied for the visit and then the Czar comes aboard, attended by a few military officers. Bush rather feels the Czar should be entertained as a great dignitary but Hornblower does not. Instead, he causes the men to be put through typical evolutions of sail, then takes the Czar on a complete tour of the ship, through all of the gun decks and even into the deep recesses of the vessel. The Czar is amazed at the cramped spaces and the...