tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16470528.post114535271831343372..comments2023-05-02T08:10:29.453-05:00Comments on The Heart Approaches What It Yearns: Maggie's Margin margarinethe Yearning Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556108478723898035noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16470528.post-18497141202516593302010-07-21T20:52:39.988-05:002010-07-21T20:52:39.988-05:00This is a quote from _The Ionian Mission_, by Patr...This is a quote from _The Ionian Mission_, by Patrick O'Brian; it's from a court-martial scene in the novel. And a galliot was a small trading vessel with a shallow draft and rounded bow and stern used by the Dutch for the sheltered waters of the Netherlands and Germany: not really suited for the open sea, and thus a handy term of contempt when used by real blue-water sailors.Nicholasnoreply@blogger.com