16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
leather bag, and observed, 'The wind is dropping
somewhat.'
'So it is indeed,' said Stephen, glancing at a
group of people, who had just come into the
cloister: early pilgrims were beginning to arrive
in both monasteries. 'I hope you will not
find your journey to the llama-farm too arduous.'
'Oh, not at all: though I thank you for your
kindness. I am accustomed to the mountain,
even to the puna, the very high mountain;
though I confess that such a blow, at this time
of the year and on this side of the Cordillera,
is almost unheard of. How I wish it would drop
a little more – and from the sky I believe it
may – so that you might be induced to come
at least as far as Hualpo, our main llama station.'
'Fortified by coca-leaves, I should have no