16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
After a long pause Eduardo said, 'I do not
believe I shall kill anything this evening, don
Esteban... What do you say to sitting here and
counting and naming as well as we can until
the sun is half an hour from Taraluga over
there – I have a quipu in my pocket to record
them – and then going back across the
Huechopillan to the post-house, where you
can write them down at your leisure?'
'With all my heart,' said Maturin. It had become
increasingly evident to him that there
was a whole series of pieties active in Eduardo's
breast which had nothing to do with
those of Christianity as it was ordinarily understood.
Furthermore he was much attached to
the young man; and he had not seen him so
moved before, even when he received the
message from Cuzco.
They sat on, noting the passing birds, watching
those farther off with their telescopes,