16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
like in a mess with good shipmates – no statutes,
no lawyers – the voice of the people the
only law, the only court of justice – everybody
to worship the Supreme Being just as he sees
fit – no interference, no compulsion, complete
freedom.'
'It sounds like the earthly Paradise.'
'That is what many of our people say. And
some declare they would not have been so
eager to stop Mr Dutourd if they had known
what he was about – might even have joined
him.'
'Do they not reflect that he was preying on
our whalers and merchantmen, and helping
Kalahua in his war with Puolani?'
'Oh, as for the privateering side, that was entirely
his Yankee sailing-master, and they
would certainly never have joined in that – not
against their own countrymen, though natural