He realized that he had given his friend, the bull, a great shock.

In a way, he had been guilty of a breach of faith, and he resolved to apologize to him in some fashion the next time they met.

Yet he had been so exultant that it was impossible not to show it, and he was only a lad in years.
When he reached the crest of his peak he scanned the sea on all sides.
Eagerly as he had looked before for a sail he now looked to see that there was none.

Around and around the circle of the horizon his eyes traveled, and when he assured himself that no blur broke the bright line of sea and sky his heart swelled with relief.
In a day or so, his mind became calm and his thoughts grew sober.

Then he settled down to his studies.