He might have found the Admiral there before him, for he slept little and was about the ship at all hours, but to-night he did sleep.
I spoke to the watch, then set myself down at break of poop to breathe the splendor of the night.

The moon bathed Alpha and Omega, and the two ships, the _Nina_ and the Santa Maria.

It washed the Pinta but we saw it not, not knowing where rode the Pinta and Martin Alonzo Pinzon.

So bright, so pleasureable, was the night! An hour passed.

My body was cooled and refreshed, my spirit quiet.
Rising, I entered great cabin on my way to bed and sleep.