6. One would only be aware of the nature of the meeting between our two main characters, Captain Jack Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin, if one had read the books. Therefore, one would be aware that the two had met through:
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Answer:
a mutual interest in music
Stephen and Jack met on page three of "Master and Commander", the first of Patrick O'Brian's novels concerning the intriguing pair. From that page and on, after they disagreed as to the appropriate, public expression of musical appreciation, the two men's past, present, and future were irrevocably intertwined in complexities, adventure and friendship.