But still he said, "You are not a seaman such as we see at Palos and San Lucar." It is often best not to halt denial.

Let it pass by and wander among the wild grasses! "I myself," he said presently, "have gone by sea to Vigo and to Bordeaux." He warmed his hands at the fire, then clasped them about his knees and gazed into the night.

"What, Juan Lepe, is that Ocean we look upon when we look west?
I mean, where does it go?
What does it strike ?" "India, belike.

And Cathay.

To-day all men believe the earth to be round." "A long way!" he said.