#i think if one wanted to one could argue jack isnt in love with stephen. ud be wrong but you could argue it

[thiefbird]

did some quick off the cuff calculations and Stephen probably spent at least 15,000 pound(the modern equivalent of at least 1 million pounds) purchasing, outfitting, and acquiring a letter of marque for the Surprise. normal platonic behaviour

#unless surprise was sold for less than the cost of building her. which is possible i havent gotten that far in the books #mb stephen got a deal bc he has Connections with the admiralty #but. the letter itself was 1.5k pounds then #i think if one wanted to one could argue jack isnt in love with stephen. ud be wrong but you could argue it #i dont think you can argue with any intellectual honest that stephen isnt in love with jack #aubreyad #aubrey maturin #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #hms surprise