THE Admiral took it with some Italian words under breath.

Then he wheeled and left the cabin.

A minute later I heard the master from the _Consolacion_ hail the _Margarita_ that lay close by.

"_Margarita_, ahoy! Orders! Clap on sail and follow!" The trumpet cried to the Juana and the _San Sebastian_, "Make ready and follow!" Our mariners ran to make sail.

But the long boat waited for some final word that they said was going ashore.