And Fernando, creeping to me, asked, "senor, don't you feel at times that there is madness over all this ship and this voyage and _him_--the Admiral, I mean ?" I answered him that it was a pity there were so few madmen, and that Felipe must have been quite sane.
"Then what do you think was the matter with Felipe, Senor ?" I said, "Did it ever occur to you, Fernando, that you had too much courage and saw too far ?" At which he looked frightened, and said that at times he had felt those symptoms..