16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
and factotum in the intellectual line, lowered
his voice. 'Mr Adams,' he said, 'when we have
taken the temperatures and the salinity, we
might try a sounding. With the two headlands
we have a capital triangle, and I should like to
know what the bottom is like at this point, if
our line can reach it. Once that is done we
will take the ship a little farther in and you can
carry on in the cutter, just as though you were
calling for mail or the like. I will give you the
addresses where the Doctor may be found,
and if he is at either you will bring him off directly.
But with the utmost discretion, Mr Adams.
The utmost discretion, too, in asking the
way. The utmost discretion is called for in this
case: that is why I do not take her in and lie in
the road or the port itself. Things may come to
that or to some system of signalling; but how
charming it would be if we could pluck him off
the shore right away.' – lowering his voice still