seldom-speaking

Updated: May 5, 2025

So we skirted these great mountains, by frowning precipice and dark defile, past foaming cataracts and waters that roared unseen below us. And very thankful we were for such a guide as this Indian Atlamatzin who, grave, solemn and seldom-speaking, was never at a loss and very wise as to this wilderness and all things in it, beast and bird, tree and herb and flower.

Jeffery Farnol - Martin Conisby's Vengeance

Here on Gomera might be studied the three Pinzon brothers. Vicente was a good, courageous captain, Francisco a good pilot, and a courageous, seldom-speaking man. But Martin Alonso, the eldest, was the prime mover in all their affairs. He was skillful navigator like his brothers and courageous like them, but not silent like Francisco, and ambitious far above either.

Mary Johnston - 1492