16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
quartermaster chuckled.
'To be sure, there is always the joy of the
chase,' said Stephen with what enthusiasm he
could command; and after a pause in which
he felt he had been disappointing he said, 'For
our concert, now, have you anything particular
in mind?'
'Oh, old favourites, for sure,' said Jack. 'I remember
your telling me long ago, when we
were beating out of Port Mahon in the Sophie,
that in Spain they had a saying 'Let no new
thing arise'. I thought at the time it might do
very well for the Navy; and I am not so sure
there is not something to be said for it in music.'
It was a very old favourite they began with
that evening, Benda's violin and 'cello duet in
C minor, and they played it unusually well.
There is a great deal to be said for a steady