16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
against him as a cleric, an unlucky man
to have aboard; and now that it is
known he is a parson in fact, the rector
of two of Jack's livings, the prejudice
has grown. Then again, as a man of
some learning, acquainted with Hebrew,
Greek and Latin, he is awkward
company for our sectaries: in the event
of a theological disagreement, a differing
interpretation of the original, they
carry no guns at all. And of course by
definition he is opposed to Dissent and
favourable to episcopacy and tithes; as
well as to infant baptism, abhorrent to
many of our shipmates. At the same
time, being a quiet, introspective man,
he completely lacks the ebullient bonhomie
that comes so naturally to Dutourd.
It is acknowledged aboard that he
is a good man, kind as a surgeon's