16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
congratulate them upon their looks either.
At this height, in this cold, and with
the incessant effort, their faces grow
blue, a dull and somewhat uninviting
leaden blue.'
He reflected upon these Indians and upon
Eduardo for a while, dipped his pen again
and wrote,
'Will I tell you two things now before I
forget them? The first is that there are
no ill smells up here, no smells at all.
The second–'
He dipped his pen again, but now the ink
had frozen, which did not surprise him; and
gathering his vicuña poncho round his meagre
form he walked off to his bed, where,