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"And how," asked the Englishman, whose interest had been much excited by his companion's narrative, "and how came you acquainted with my host? and by what means has he so well conciliated the goodwill of yourself and your friends?" Maestro Paulo turned his black eyes gravely towards his questioner.
His face had an expression of firmness and decision; he had formed a firm resolution, had come to an irrevocable determination. With a firm step advancing to the door opening into the adjoining chamber, he called to his friend Cecil. The latter immediately made his appearance, and, entering the count's chamber, laconically said: "All is ready." Count Paulo smiled sadly.
I am quite vexed at the result which was such, however, as might have been expected from the bad manning of the squadron. I have determined to proceed forthwith to the Moro San Paulo, and to leave there the ill-sailing vessels.
From this time, so long as our fleet remained at Melinda, these people came every day on board the ship of Paulo de la Gama, to pay their devotions before this picture, offering to the images which it represented gifts of pepper and other things. These Indian Christians, according to their own account, eat no beef.
But Count Paulo awoke me from that intoxication; he roused me from the condition of a favorite of the empress; he taught me to see the cruel, bloodthirsty empress in her true form; he spoke to me of your sacred rights, and when I recognized and comprehended them, I collected myself, vowed myself your knight, devoting myself to the defence of your rights, and swore to leave no artifices, no dissimulation, nor even treason itself, unessayed for the promotion of this great, this sublime object!
'Oh, and may not I go? Helena eagerly asked. She had in a moment got over her little spleen, and felt in her generous, impulsive way that she owed instant reparation to Miss Paulo. 'No, I think you had better not go rushing round the theatre, Sir Rupert said. 'Mr. Ericson will go first, and when he comes back to take charge of you, I will pay my visit.
'Well, you see, I have ascertained that this Captain Sarrasin is a married man, and that he has a house where he and his wife live down Clapham way, and Paulo made a jerk with his hand as if to designate to his daughter the precise geographical situation of Captain Sarrasin's abode.
He desires nothing, no thanks, no acknowledgments he wishes only to secure your peace and happiness, and thus redeem the solemn vow he made to his friend, Count Paulo Rasczinsky, to guard and preserve you as a father, and to watch over you as your tutelar genius!" "Thanks, thanks, my God!" cried Marianne, with her arms raised toward heaven.
Not choosing to run the risk of a second failure, and believing that two good ships would be more serviceable than any number of bad ones, he took his squadron to the Moro San Paulo, where he transferred all the best men and the most serviceable fittings to the flag-ship and the Maria de Gloria.
On the first page were written the initials "J.H.N." and the date "1883." Holmes laid it on the table and examined it in his minute way, while Hopkins and I gazed over each shoulder. On the second page were the printed letters "C.P.R.," and then came several sheets of numbers. Another heading was Argentine, another Costa Rica, and another San Paulo, each with pages of signs and figures after it.
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