16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
'Come in,' cried Jack Aubrey yet again.
'Come in, Monsieur-Mr Dutourd, and sit
down. I am casting my prize-money accounts
and should be obliged for a statement of the
amount of specie, bills of exchange and the
like carried in the Franklin: I must also know,
of course, where it is kept.'
Dutourd's expression changed to an extraordinary
degree, not merely from confident
pleasurable anticipation to its opposite but
from lively intelligence to a pale stupidity.
Jack went on, 'The money taken from your
prizes will be returned to its former owners – I
already have sworn statements from the ransomers
– and the Franklin's remaining treasure
will be shared out among her captors, according
to the laws of the sea. Your private purse,
like your private property, will be left to you;