Whispering a little secret, I can always sense that there are two things coinciding: lofty ideas and vulgar behavior.
——Michel de Montaigne
Mrs. Levin had just left, and before Arthur could catch his breath, he spotted an old acquaintance swaggering into his view.
It was none other than the bomb ship fanatic, the "Sea Wolf" of Napoleon, General Thomas Cochrane, once the first Navy Commander of countries like Brazil and Chile in South America.
Speaking of General Cochrane, he's been having quite the pleasant time these past few years.
Not only did he inherit his father's title, becoming the tenth Earl of Dundonald, Scotland, but he was also promoted to Vice Admiral by the Whig-dominated Navy Department following parliamentary reforms.
Since then, Cochrane finally became a legitimate British General, no longer relying on his Admiral title in Brazil and Vice Admiral title in Chile to bolster himself on business cards.
