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Neither Parlo nor Manuelita said a word, and, engaged only with each other, believed that Jacopo was trying to save them, and only as the mast heavily struck the waves realized their peril. The storm now absolutely controlled the light boat and twisted her round here and there. Jacopo lifted his axe again and cut down also the foremast.
Jacopo swung his axe afresh, but this time it remained deep in the keel of the ship, and now light dawned on Parlo. Jacopo meant to destroy them. "Hold on, Jacopo," he called aloud despairingly, and tried to take hold of the axe. The Corsican said not a word, but he, with his axe uplifted, kept Parlo at a distance, and then cut again into the keel, till a loud creaking was audible.
This rising of the star of love as it ascends into the heaven of youthful fancy, is revealed in the melodies Mozart has written for him. How shall we describe their potency? Who shall translate those curiously perfect words to which tone and rhythm have been indissolubly wedded? E pur mi piace languir cosi.... E se non ho chi m' oda, parlo d'amor con me.
Jacopo had at last succeeded in his object gurgling and roaring, the agitated waters rose through the leak in the ship, and Parlo shrieked like a madman. "Jacopo you carry us to destruction!" Jacopo's pale features became at last animated; he threw himself on Parlo, grasped his shoulders, and, forcing him on the floor of the boat, pressed his knee on his chest.
The Corsican allowed the boat to go with full sail before the wind, and soon nothing but the sky and water could be seen. Parlo and Manuelita, engaged with each other, did not perceive the change in the weather, and when they heard in the distance a hollow, rolling sound they quickly arose to their feet.
A few days later the corpses of Parlo and Manuelita were driven on the strand, and now what had caused Jacopo to become insane was no more a riddle had he not in one day lost the wife and the friend?
Manuelita's countenance began to beam, and Jacopo suffered the pains of torment when he perceived it, but took heart and said coolly: "I shall in the meantime go to the shore to see whether the nets are all in proper condition." He went, and when he returned after a while, and accidentally threw a glance at the window, he found Parlo in Manuelita's arms.
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