16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
cet, a very, very much larger man than Dutourd
but equally foolish in his regard for that
silly villain Rousseau, when his ear caught a
footstep in the passage and he was wide
awake when Sam came in, holding a shaded
candle.
He was about to make some remark in Jack
Aubrey's style, such as, 'Have you come up to
the monastery, Sam?' when Sam's gravity
quenched his smile. 'Forgive me for waking
you, sir, but Father O'Higgins begs he might
have a word.'
'Certainly he may,' said Stephen. 'Pray pass
me my breeches in the corner there. As you
see I lie in my shirt.'
'Doctor,' said the Vicar-General, rising and
placing a chair, 'you know there is a clandestine
French mission to the independentists
here?' Stephen bowed. 'They have recently