Upon arrival in the great cabin James suffered quite a shock. There was Lord Beckett's portrait and end tables and knick-knacks – the whole place was cluttered! It was as though this cabin did not belong to the Admiral at all, but Lord Cutler Beckett! James did not like it at all. The Endeavour was a first rate ship of the line; not a pleasure yacht.
Admiral Norrington spent the first day of his new command taking note of all superfluous items within the cabin and making arrangements for them to be delivered to the EITC headquarters. He never had the opportunity to present Lt. Groves with the command of a reconnaissance sloop or to make Lt. Greitzer a post captain and his flag captain.
Come the end of the evening, James Norrington would have to face the wrath of Lord Beckett for removing his personal affects from his personal cabin.