16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
ness throughout the ship and something not
very far from apparent unconcern, even in so
atrabilious a soul as Killick. 'Have I been plying
the ocean with a parcel of Stoics all this
time?' he wondered. 'Or in my ignorance am I
myself somewhat over-timid?'
But then again in his frequent encounters with
the foremast jacks – and his relations with
them were of quite a different nature and in
some ways much closer than those of any
other officer – he had occasional insights that
showed an entirely different aspect of the
situation: of the moral situation at all events.
The lower deck knew perfectly well that Vidal
and his closest Knipperdolling connexions had
smuggled Dutourd ashore; and they had become
convinced that once ashore Dutourd
had in some way informed upon the Doctor,
putting his life in danger. And it was as though
this treachery had brought bad luck on the