16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
over the side without they had a full hold. A
full hold and homeward bound.'
All within earshot nudged one another, grinning:
their prize-money clanked in their
loaded hats; they were delighted at the idea of
even more.
Jack considered the sky, the set of the sea,
the breeze and the current. The whole ship's
company, eminently professional, did the
same. The only exception was Dr Maturin,
who considered a thin line of birds, high and
remote: when he had fixed them in his pocketglass
(no simple feat with the increasing swell)
he put them down as southern cousins to the
kittiwake: they were gliding steadily eastsouth-east.
For a moment he thought of offering
Martin the little telescope; but he decided
against it. For their part Martin and Dutourd
were contemplating the seamen, their profoundly
serious, concentrated weighing of the