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1492

CHAPTER XXXVI
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Because he was ill I was let to come with him.

But now he is better." "Give him my enduring love and constancy," said the Adelantado.

"Good night, Villejo!" and turned upon his side with a rattling of his chain.
Returning to the Admiral, Juan Lepe sat beside him through the night.
The tempest continuing, there were moments when we thought, It may be the end of this life! We thought to hear the cry "She sinks!" and the rush of feet.
At times when there fell lulls we talked.

He was calmly cheerful.
"It seems to me that the storm lessens.

I have been penning in my mind, lying here, a letter to one who will show it to the Queen.


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