"Adieu, accursed _albergo_!...

Never will I see you again.

Would that you might burn down with all your occupants!" Upon treading the deck of the _Mare Nostrum_, his enforced satisfaction became immeasurably increased.

Here only could he live far from the complications and illusions of terrestrial life.
All those aboard who in previous weeks had feared the arrival of the ill-humored captain, now smiled as though they saw the sun coming out after a tempest.

He distributed kindly words and affectionate grasps of the hand.