16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
false note until the full satisfaction of the end.
'Well done, well done,' said Dutourd: he and
Martin were standing in the warm darkness
abaft the lit companion, alone on the quarterdeck
apart from Grainger and the men at the
wheel. 'I had no idea they could play so well –
no contention, no striving for pre-eminence –
pray which is the 'cello?'
'Dr Maturin.'
'And Captain Aubrey the violin, of course:
admirable tone, admirable bowing.'
Martin did not care for Dutourd in the gunroom:
he thought that the Frenchman talked
far too much, that he tended to harangue the
company, and that his ideas though no doubt
well-intended were pernicious. But en tête-àtête
Dutourd was an agreeable companion
and Martin quite often took a turn on deck
with him. 'You play yourself, sir, I collect?' he