![]() ![]() ![]() In stark contrast to her groom, who thought the marriage was a mistake and berated himself for cowardice for not calling it off, Maria was 'melting with happiness'. Horatio Hornblower in the Church of Thomas á Becket. He proposed marriage out of a sense of obligation and out of tenderness, as he was rather surprised anyone would care for him.Ī week after Hornblower's proposal of marriage, Maria Ellen Mason became Mrs. Later, when Hornblower returned to the lodging, pleased to be a commander again with a ship, Maria was distressed and broke into tears fearing she would never see him again. Maria rescued him from bankruptcy by secreting a half crown in his coat pocket on the pretext of brushing it for him. Thus, Hornblower's sole income came from what he earned as an in-house whist player in the Long Rooms gaming house. He must repay the three months of commander's pay which he received before his commission to that rank was confirmed, which meant five months before he could begin to draw half-pay. Maria was aware of Lieutenant Hornblower's distressed financial circumstances when Hornblower was reduced to half pay, due to a cessation of hostilities between Britain and France. In addition to aiding her mother with the boarding house, she was also a school teacher. In her first appearance in Lieutenant Hornblower, Maria was described as 'a woman not quite young'. Mason, 'a hard-faced woman' who had rooms to let in her boarding house on Highbury Street. Maria Ellen ( neé Mason) Hornblower was the daughter of Horatio's landlady, the supposed widow Mrs. ![]()
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