And as the Spaniard fell back before him with suddenly altered countenance that confirmed his every suspicion, he flung an arm out in the direction of the distant shore.

"What land is that ?" he demanded.

"Will you have the effrontery to tell me that is the coast of Curacao ?" He advanced upon Don Diego suddenly, and Don Diego, step by step, fell back.

"Shall I tell you what land it is?
Shall I ?" His fierce assumption of knowledge seemed to dazzle and daze the Spaniard.

For still Don Diego made no answer.