It needed both the Admiral and Fray Ignatio to quell the panic.
The next day a great bird like a crane passed over the _Santa Maria_.

It came from Africa, behind us.

But it spoke of land, and the sailors gazed wistfully.
This day I entered the great cabin when none was there but the Admiral, and again he sat at table with his charts and his books.

He asked of the sick and I answered.

Again he sat looking through open door and window at blue water, a great figure of a man with a great head and face and early-silvered hair.