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1492

CHAPTER VI
10/17

He and his family shall be ennobled and henceforth be called Don and Dona.

And for the immediate sailing of ships he may, if he so desire, be at an eighth of the expense of outfitting, for which he shall be returned an eighth of all the profit of this the first voyage." The secretary did not make the terms less sounding by his reading.
Wind in leaves, went a stir through the room.

I heard a page near me whispering, "O Sancta Maria! The hanger-on, the needy one! Since the beginning of time I've seen him at doors, sunny and cloudy days, the big, droning bee!" Manuel Rodriguez painted on.

I felt his thought.

"I should like to paint _you_, Admiral of the Ocean-Sea!" The room recomposed itself.


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