16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
huge loblolly boy, 'leap into the little boat, will
you now, and row me over.'
'Shall I bring bandages and perhaps the Batavia
salve?' asked Martin.
'Never in life. Do not stir: I have known this
wound since it was made.'
That was many years since, in the Ionian Sea,
when a Turk gave Pullings a terrible slash on
the side of his face with a scimitar, so damaging
his cheekbone and the articulation of the
joint that it often slipped, particularly when
Captain Pullings was calling out with more
than usual force. Stephen had put it more or
less right at the time, and now he did so
again; but it was a delicate little operation,
and one that required a hand with a knowledge
of the wound.
This was the first time Stephen had been
aboard the Franklin for any length of time