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A
sombre
youth
,
glowering
,
and
speaking
only
at
the
rarest
times
,
Felipe
was
but
negatively
"
loco
.
"
On
shore
he
generally
refused
all
conversation
.
He
seemed
to
know
that
he
was
badly
handicapped
on
land
,
where
so
many
kinds
of
understanding
are
needed
;
but
on
the
water
his
one
talent
set
him
equal
with
most
men
.
Few
sailors
whom
God
had
carefully
and
completely
made
could
handle
a
sailboat
as
well
.
Five
points
nearer
the
wind
than
even
the
best
of
them
he
could
sail
his
sloop
.
When
the
elements
raged
and
set
other
men
to
cowering
,
the
deficiencies
of
Felipe
seemed
of
little
importance
.
He
was
a
perfect
sailor
,
if
an
imperfect
man
.
He
owned
no
boat
,
but
worked
among
the
crews
of
the
schooners
and
sloops
that
skimmed
the
coast
,
trading
and
freighting
fruit
out
to
the
steamers
where
there
was
no
harbour
.
It
was
through
his
famous
skill
and
boldness
on
the
sea
,
as
well
as
for
the
pity
felt
for
his
mental
imperfections
,
that
he
was
recommended
by
the
collector
as
a
suitable
custodian
of
the
captured
sloop
.
When
the
outcome
of
Don
Sabas
'
little
pleasantry
arrived
in
the
form
of
the
imposing
and
preposterous
commission
,
the
collector
smiled
.
He
had
not
expected
such
prompt
and
overwhelming
response
to
his
recommendation
.
He
despatched
a
muchacho
at
once
to
fetch
the
future
admiral
.
The
collector
waited
in
his
official
quarters
.
His
office
was
in
the
Calle
Grande
,
and
the
sea
breezes
hummed
through
its
windows
all
day
.
The
collector
,
in
white
linen
and
canvas
shoes
,
philandered
with
papers
on
an
antique
desk
.
A
parrot
,
perched
on
a
pen
rack
,
seasoned
the
official
tedium
with
a
fire
of
choice
Castilian
imprecations
.
Two
rooms
opened
into
the
collector
's
.
In
one
the
clerical
force
of
young
men
of
variegated
complexions
transacted
with
glitter
and
parade
their
several
duties
.
Through
the
open
door
of
the
other
room
could
be
seen
a
bronze
babe
,
guiltless
of
clothing
,
that
rollicked
upon
the
floor
.
In
a
grass
hammock
a
thin
woman
,
tinted
a
pale
lemon
,
played
a
guitar
and
swung
contentedly
in
the
breeze
.
Thus
surrounded
by
the
routine
of
his
high
duties
and
the
visible
tokens
of
agreeable
domesticity
,
the
collector
's
heart
was
further
made
happy
by
the
power
placed
in
his
hands
to
brighten
the
fortunes
of
the
"
innocent
"
Felipe
.
Felipe
came
and
stood
before
the
collector
.
He
was
a
lad
of
twenty
,
not
ill-favoured
in
looks
,
but
with
an
expression
of
distant
and
pondering
vacuity
.
He
wore
white
cotton
trousers
,
down
the
seams
of
which
he
had
sewed
red
stripes
with
some
vague
aim
at
military
decoration
.
A
flimsy
blue
shirt
fell
open
at
his
throat
;
his
feet
were
bare
;
he
held
in
his
hand
the
cheapest
of
straw
hats
from
the
States
.
"
Señor
Carrera
,
"
said
the
collector
,
gravely
,
producing
the
showy
commission
,
"
I
have
sent
for
you
at
the
president
's
bidding
.
This
document
that
I
present
to
you
confers
upon
you
the
title
of
Admiral
of
this
great
republic
,
and
gives
you
absolute
command
of
the
naval
forces
and
fleet
of
our
country
.
You
may
think
,
friend
Felipe
,
that
we
have
no
navy
--
but
yes
!
The
sloop
the
Estrella
del
Noche
,
that
my
brave
men
captured
from
the
coast
smugglers
,
is
to
be
placed
under
your
command
.
The
boat
is
to
be
devoted
to
the
services
of
your
country
.
You
will
be
ready
at
all
times
to
convey
officials
of
the
government
to
points
along
the
coast
where
they
may
be
obliged
to
visit
.
You
will
also
act
as
a
coast-guard
to
prevent
,
as
far
as
you
may
be
able
,
the
crime
of
smuggling
.
You
will
uphold
the
honour
and
prestige
of
your
country
at
sea
,
and
endeavour
to
place
Anchuria
among
the
proudest
naval
powers
of
the
world
.
These
are
your
instructions
as
the
Minister
of
War
desires
me
to
convey
them
to
you
.
Por
Dios
!
I
do
not
know
how
all
this
is
to
be
accomplished
,
for
not
one
word
did
his
letter
contain
in
respect
to
a
crew
or
to
the
expenses
of
this
navy
.
Perhaps
you
are
to
provide
a
crew
yourself
,
Señor
Admiral
--
I
do
not
know
--
but
it
is
a
very
high
honour
that
has
descended
upon
you
.
I
now
hand
you
your
commission
.
When
you
are
ready
for
the
boat
I
will
give
orders
that
she
shall
be
made
over
into
your
charge
.
That
is
as
far
as
my
instructions
go
.
"
Felipe
took
the
commission
that
the
collector
handed
to
him
.
He
gazed
through
the
open
window
at
the
sea
for
a
moment
,
with
his
customary
expression
of
deep
but
vain
pondering
.
Then
he
turned
without
having
spoken
a
word
,
and
walked
swiftly
away
through
the
hot
sand
of
the
street
.
"
Pobrecito
loco
!
"
sighed
the
collector
;
and
the
parrot
on
the
pen
racks
screeched
"
Loco
!
--
loco
!
--
loco
!
"
