16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
shoulder-blades, sending him flat on his face.
In the general outcry while Stephen was
picked up and dusted and the guanaco led
away by the ears, the llama stood unmoved,
looking scornful.
'Mother of God,' cried Eduardo, 'I am so
sorry, so ashamed.'
'It is nothing, nothing at all,' said Stephen. 'A
childish tumble on the grass, no more. Let us
ask the llama how he does.'
The llama stood his ground as they approached,
eyeing Stephen with much the
same look as the guanaco, and when he was
well within range, spat in his face. The aim
was perfect, the saliva extraordinarily copious.
Outcry and hullabaloo again, but only Eduardo
seemed really deeply moved and as
Stephen was being washed and wiped he saw
two Indian children in the far background