But no! it was Alonzo de Carvajal with news and a letter from San Domingo, and in the very statement ran a thrilling something that said, "Hark, now! I am Fortune that turns the wheel." Carvajal said, "senor, I have news and a letter for your ear and eye alone!" "From my brother at San Domingo ?" "Aye, and from another," said Carvajal.

"Two ships have come in." With that the Admiral and he went into Commandant's house.
The men at Concepcion made Carvajal's men welcome.

"And what is it ?" "And what is it ?" They had their orders evidently, but much wine leaked out of the cask.

If one wished the Viceroy and his brothers ill, it was found to be heady wine; if the other way round, it seemed thin, chilly and bitter.

Here at Concepcion were Admiral's friends.
After an hour he came again among us, behind him Carvajal.
Now, this man, Christopherus Columbus, always appeared most highly and nobly Man, most everlasting and universal, in great personal trouble and danger.