Jan 5

“Take this down. Postscript: We still have your bloody friend Norrington. He’s doing well…”

“I will not refer to myself as your bloody friend Norrington. I’ll write we still have Commodore Norrington”

“What kind of name is Commodore Norrington for a pirate, anyway? Write: Your bloody friend Norrington is doing rather well. I think your bloody friend Norrington and I are going to get along splendidly. As a matter of fact, it was actually your bloody friend Norrington who—”

Realizing that Jack intended to fit in as many ‘your bloody friend’s’ as possible, he interrupted through clenched teeth, “—who pointed out that we will soon run out of ink, Captain.”

“Ah. Fine–then we’ll cut the trimmings. Write: as a matter of fact, it was actually Y.B.F. Norrington—”
By the end of the letter, he had been reduced to “YBFN”, but he supposed the senseless collection of letters was slightly preferable to the ridiculous title in its entirety.