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| − | {{People|name=Dunne|dob=|service=[[Aerial Corps]]|rank= | + | {{People|name=Dunne|dob=|service=[[Aerial Corps]]|rank=|nationality=British|billets=[[Loch Laggan covert]], rifleman for [[Temeraire]]}} |
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He was one of the ten crew members chosen to accompany [[Temeraire]] and [[William Laurence|Laurence]] to Peking, along with [[John Granby|Granby]], [[Keynes]], [[Riggs]], [[Therrows]], [[Hackley]], [[Blythe]], [[Ezekiah Martin|Martin]], [[Willoughby]] and [[Digby]]. ([[Emily Roland]] and [[Peter Dyer]] also went, on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thomas_Staunton George Staunton]'s advice. As they were children, they were not counted against the limit of ten set by [[Prince Yongxing]].) | He was one of the ten crew members chosen to accompany [[Temeraire]] and [[William Laurence|Laurence]] to Peking, along with [[John Granby|Granby]], [[Keynes]], [[Riggs]], [[Therrows]], [[Hackley]], [[Blythe]], [[Ezekiah Martin|Martin]], [[Willoughby]] and [[Digby]]. ([[Emily Roland]] and [[Peter Dyer]] also went, on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thomas_Staunton George Staunton]'s advice. As they were children, they were not counted against the limit of ten set by [[Prince Yongxing]].) | ||
| − | + | Dunne's tendency to get into trouble over women became evident again when the crew reached Istanbul, a Muslim city where women were generally veiled if not secluded entirely. First he, [[Hackley]] and midwingman [[Portis]] had to be disciplined for acting over-excited over a veiled person, presumably a woman, they saw speaking with a palace official from a distance. Portis was assigned to dig Temeraire a fresh "necessary" and to fill it in again when Temeraire was done, while Dunne and Hackley were sent to assist the chief leatherworker, Mr. [[Bell]]. | |
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Then [[Hasan Mustafa Pasha]] arranged an "entertainment" in an attempt to distract the British party from their demands for the dragon eggs they had come for. This entertainment included scantily clad dancing girls. Dunne and Hackley comported themselves shamelessly, whistling and trying to catch at the girls' veils, Dunne even getting up on one knee and reaching out a hand to the dancers before [[Riggs]] pulled him down by the ear. | Then [[Hasan Mustafa Pasha]] arranged an "entertainment" in an attempt to distract the British party from their demands for the dragon eggs they had come for. This entertainment included scantily clad dancing girls. Dunne and Hackley comported themselves shamelessly, whistling and trying to catch at the girls' veils, Dunne even getting up on one knee and reaching out a hand to the dancers before [[Riggs]] pulled him down by the ear. | ||
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As a result of this mess, Dunne and Hackley were turned out of the flight crew and flogged by the armourer, Mr. [[Pratt]], although Laurence scanted a bit on the count of the strokes, which was nearer to forty than the fifty the sentence called for. [[Salyer]], who had been on guard when Dunne and Hackley snuck off and who had only lately been made midwingman, was reduced back to ensign and "started" (caned) with a freshly cut switch. | As a result of this mess, Dunne and Hackley were turned out of the flight crew and flogged by the armourer, Mr. [[Pratt]], although Laurence scanted a bit on the count of the strokes, which was nearer to forty than the fifty the sentence called for. [[Salyer]], who had been on guard when Dunne and Hackley snuck off and who had only lately been made midwingman, was reduced back to ensign and "started" (caned) with a freshly cut switch. | ||
| − | Both Dunne and Hackley | + | Both Dunne and Hackley were ill for some time after the flogging, Hackley more severely so as he was slighter in build. However, Dunne was well enough to somewhat redeem himself after the British were given proof by [[Sara Maden]] that the Turks had indeed received the British gold but had melted down the coins to disguise them. At this point, Laurence decided to steal the three eggs that the British were due and then escape to Austria on Temeraire. This plan was made more dangerous by the fact that the eggs were being kept in the palace baths (for the warmth) and none of the British knew exactly where the baths were. |
Dunne admitted to Laurence that he and Hackley had indeed seen the palace women coming out of the baths, as their hair had been wet and the fairer-skinned women had been rather pink. His memory of the route was good enough that he was able to lead the raiding party back to the location. | Dunne admitted to Laurence that he and Hackley had indeed seen the palace women coming out of the baths, as their hair had been wet and the fairer-skinned women had been rather pink. His memory of the route was good enough that he was able to lead the raiding party back to the location. | ||
| − | After Temeraire and his crew returned to Britain in December 1806, accompanied by Arkady and | + | After Temeraire and his crew returned to Britain in December 1806, accompanied by [[Arkady]] and his band of ferals, Dunne and [[Wickley]], one of the bellmen, were reassigned to Arkady, as both of them had picked up some of the [[Durzagh]] language spoken by the ferals and were old enough to be placed in positions of command. |
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[[Category:A-Z|Dunne]] | [[Category:A-Z|Dunne]] | ||
