16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
Mr Bentley's innate wisdom told him that if he
remained in the Doctor's list much longer the
newcomer would get the credit for the Franklin's
mainmast, now nearing completion in
spite of doggedness on the part of the carpenter's
crew, and this, though he was a good
and benevolent man, he could not bear. In
spite of the pain he crossed to the prize the
morning the last of the Franklin's casualties
were buried. The privateer's company had not
been together long enough to form a united
crew and the dead went over the side with little
ceremony and less mourning, though in the
general indifference Dutourd did say a few
words, received with approving nods by his
former shipmates before they went back to
work: they had all volunteered to serve as
temporary Surprises, mainly, it was thought,
for the sake of the tobacco.
Mr Bentley was only just in time. The Captain