21/22 I will do all that lies in me to do. But Spain is wide and there are ships to Africa and other shores." She said, "Yes, I do not see such an one daring to come to Santa Fe! But they say that ten demons possess a heretic, and that he crosses streams upon a hair or walks edges of high walls." With her ringed hand she made gesture of dismissal. He bowed low and stepped back to his former place. Manuel Rodriguez painted steadily. The Queen sat still, with lifted face and eyes strained into distance. |