"The captain looked all along the shore for a better place.

Then he saw a bad thing with his glasses; for they were fine glasses, and though he was old, he had good sight.

And I stood beside him, and he told me what he saw while he was looking." "What did he see ?" asked Ercole, watching the man.
"What did he see?
I tell you it was a bad sight! Health to us all, as many as are here, he saw one man kill another and drag his body into some bushes." "Apoplexy!" observed Ercole, glancing at Padre Francesco.

"Are there brigands here ?" "I tell you what the captain said.

'There are two men,' said he, 'and they are like gentlemen by their dress.' 'They shoot quail,' said I, knowing the shore.