16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
down to look into Martin's face. He then
turned back the sheet. 'The disorders of the
skin,' he observed, gently feeling the ugliest lesion,
'are perhaps the most puzzling in all
medicine. Here is a sensible diminution within
hours.'
'I slept as I have not slept for – for Heaven
knows how long, my body lying peacefully at
last: no incessant irritation, no pain from the
slightest pressure, no perpetual turning in vain
for ease.'
'There is nothing to be done without sleep,'
said Stephen, and he continued with his examination.
'Yet,' said he, replacing the sheet, 'I
shall be glad to set you on shore. Your skin
may well be on the mend, but I am not at all
satisfied with your heart or your lungs or your
elimination; and from what you tell me the
vertigo is as bad as ever, even worse. Firm
land under foot may do wonders; and a vege-