16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
high, cutting through the unworthy hubbub.
'She's a sixty-four-gun ship, the old Berenice, I
think – yes, the old Berenice – from the New
South Wales station. Bery nicey too,' he
added, with a private chuckle.
'And that, much nearer to us,' said Stephen to
the ecstatic Reade, 'is what we at sea term a
schooner; but you need not be afraid. She
carries little in the way of guns.'
'A Baltimore clipper, sir, I believe,' said Mr
Adams.
'Indeed? I could have sworn she was a
schooner, in spite of those rectangular sails in
front.'
'Certainly, sir. She is certainly a schooner in
rig. The clipper part refers to her hull.'
'Oh, she has a hull as well, has she? I was
not aware. But pray tell me, Mr Adams, do
you think you could find a little small bag of