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The wrinkled eyelids flutter open, the sea-worn voice feebly frames the responses; the dying eyes are fixed on the crucifix; and "In manus tuas Domine commendo spiritum meum." The Admiral is dead. He was in his fifty-sixth year, already an old man in body and mind; and his death went entirely unmarked except by his immediate circle of friends.
His last words were those of his Saviour, expressed in the language of the Latin Testament, "In manus tuas, Pater, commendo spiritum meum," "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." The absence of the court from Valladolid took with it, perhaps, the historians and annalists.
He repeated these last words over and over again, as if the struggle were very sore. "Decide," said Sidroc. "I have decided 'In manus tuas, Domine," he breathed out, "'commendo spiritum meum." "Let fly," cried the chieftain, "and let the obstinate young fool know what death is."
His companions, especially Juanito Pelaez, were making signs to him to admit it, so he let himself be carried away by his evil destiny and exclaimed, "Concedo, Padre," in a voice as faltering as though he were saying, "In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum." "Concedo antecedentum," echoed the professor, smiling maliciously.
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