16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
roasted pig tomorrow, and several hens – why
did you not send to say you were coming today?'
'If you had sent yesterday morning we
could have asked Black López to tell Juan to
bring the hog up today.' 'Black López was going
down in any case.' After a silence the
Brother Porter said, 'Well, there may be a few
guinea-pigs left in the scriptorium.' 'Run,
Brother Jaime,' cried the Prior. 'Let us lift up
our hearts. And at least there is always some
wine.'
'There is always some wine,' cried the
Prior, my dear,' wrote Stephen, 'and I
cannot tell you how well it went down.
Nor can I tell you how much I look forward
to the next few days, when my
amiable companion promises me the
wonders of the altiplano, perhaps even
of the edge of the Atacama, where rain