16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
and delicate. What do you intend to do with
your patient?'
'I am at a loss. My ship is about to be
docked, and he cannot remain aboard. I had
hoped to find him a room in the hospital until
I could arrange for his passage home in a
merchantman: we may cruise for a great
while, and in any case a privateer is no place
for an invalid. Perhaps Lima...' Stephen fell silent.
'When you speak of a passage,' said Geary, 'I
presume the gentleman is not the usual indigent
surgeon's mate?'
'Never in life. He is an Anglican clergyman
with two livings; and he has done well in
prize-money. If you were to look into the bay
you would see two captured ships, a clearlydetermined
share of which belongs to him.'
'I say this only because our captain, a para-