16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
you manage without a dog. We could not
have brought them down on land, and no
man would ever wade far less swim for all love
in that cruel bitter cold wetness for anything
short of a two-headed phoenix.'
'No,' said Eduardo. 'What we cannot bring
down on the shore, we leave where they fall.
The lake freezes hard by night and we pick
them up in the morning. But it is strange that
you should have spoken of a dream – waking
dream. I have the same feeling, though not at
all for the same clear reason. There is something
strange here. The birds are not settled.
As you see, they are perpetually moving, the
groups breaking up. And there is too much
noise. They are uneasy. So is Molina: I have
heard him three times now. There is something
unnatural. God send there may not be
an earthquake.'
'Amen.'