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Updated: June 27, 2025
Captain Hardy having been sent to water in Lagos bay, received intelligence that the galleons from the West Indies had put into Vigo under convoy of a French squadron. He sailed immediately in quest of sir George Rooke, who was now on his voyage back to England, and falling in with him on the sixth day of October, communicated the substance of what he had learned.
All seemed to come from the provinces, and from unknown people in the provinces. But in all affairs there must be a leader, and a leader appeared. He was more remarkable than the movement itself. He was a London tradesman, though a member of parliament returned for the first time to this House of Commons. This leader was Mr. Vigo. Mr. Vigo had foreseen what was coming, and had prepared for it.
Salazar steered for the Ladrones. On the 4th of September he arrived at that group, where he met Gonzalo de Vigo, one of the seamen of the Trinidad. From the Ladrones the expedition sailed for the Philippines, and on the way Alonzo de Salazar, the third commander, died.
So I bowed to the governor of the town, as I had done to the governor of the fort, and making my exit proceeded to my inn. At Vigo I accomplished but little in the way of distribution, and after a sojourn of a few days, I returned in the direction of Saint James.
"Ha, it is Davy," he cried, "but not the sem lil drummer boy who would not come into my store. Reech lawyer now, I hear you make much money now, Davy." "Congress money?" I said. Monsieur Vigo threw out his hands, and laughed exactly as he had done in his log store at Kaskaskia. "Congress have never repay me one sou," said Monsieur Vigo, making a face.
"This convoy was supposed to put into Cadiz, but after learning that the English fleet lay across those waterways, the admiral decided to make for a French port. "The Spanish commanders in the convoy objected to this decision. They wanted to be taken to a Spanish port, if not to Cadiz, then to the Bay of Vigo, located on Spain's northwest coast and not blockaded.
A husband may forget his wife's treachery, and a mother will forgive her child's, but a father can neither forget nor forgive the crime of the son who bears his name. "Ah, Monsieur, you are noble, and I love you!" I cried from the depths of my heart, and knelt to kiss his hand. Monsieur laid that kind hand on my shoulder. "You shall serve me. Go now and send Vigo here.
When Orange reached the house in Vigo Street, it was still early in the day. As he mounted the stairs, he noticed a fellow-lodger, still in his evening clothes, entering a room on the second floor. He did not see the man's face, but he was struck by something familiar in his build.
'Mrs Askerton has told me something as to which I am quite sure that she is mistaken. 'I will say nothing about that, as I have no wish at all to set you against your cousin. I will bid you good-night now as you are close at home. Then he turned round and left her. Clara, as she thought of all this, could not but call to mind her cousin's remembrances about Miss Vigo and Mr Berdmore.
"Well, Professor Aronnax," Captain Nemo answered me, "we're actually in that Bay of Vigo, and all that's left is for you to probe the mysteries of the place." The captain stood up and invited me to follow him. I'd had time to collect myself. I did so. The lounge was dark, but the sea's waves sparkled through the transparent windows. I stared.
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