16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
and said, 'I was in a wicked vile temper, so I
was too, and I flew out at Dutourd and Rousseau.'
'He was in an ugly frame of mind as well,
very willing to have a fight. He could only just
be civil when I made him give up the Franklin's
money; yet God knows it was natural enough.'
'So you took his money away? I did not
know.'
'Not his money – we left him his purse – his
ship's money: booty from her prizes, cash carried
for stores and supplies. It is always done,
you know, Stephen. You must have seen it
scores of times. The chest came aboard in the
forenoon watch.'
'Oh certainly, certainly. Only I was not on
deck at the time, and I do not believe anybody
mentioned the fact. Yet I did observe a general
gaiety; and Sarah stated that Dutourd's