16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
another thing I wanted to ask, for you know a
great deal about the various religious persuasions,
as I recall?'
'I should, sir, because in the days when I was
only an unbeneficed clergyman,' said Martin,
with a bow towards his patron, 'I translated the
whole of Muller's great book, wrote my version
out again in a fair copy, saw it through the
press and corrected two sets of proofs; every
word I read five times, and some very curious
sects did I come across. There were the Ascitants,
for example, who used to dance round
an inflated wine-skin.'
'The people I should like to know about are
Knipperdollings.'
'Our Knipperdollings?'
'Oh, Knipperdollings in general: I do not
mean anything personal.'
'Well, sir, historically they were the followers