But he has demanded in the name of the Sovereigns our prisoners, our ships and towns and forts, and has cited us to appear before him and answer charges--of I know not what! I well think it is a voice without true mind or power behind it--I go to San Domingo, but not just at his citation!" Later, in the moonlight, one of our men told me that which a man of Carvajal had told him.

All the Admiral's enemies, and none ever said they were few, had this fire-new commissioner's ear! A friend could not get within hail.

Just or unjust, every complaint came and squatted in a ring around him.

Maybe some were just--such as soldiers not being able to get their pay, for instance.

There was never but one who lived without spot or blemish.