The Earthly Paradise - 7
All of which things being done, the ships [ship—there was only the Nina] loaded and
provisioned, and the Admiral's final directions given, he makes his farewells and weighs
anchor at sunrise on Friday, January 4., 1493. Among the little crowd on the shore who
watch the Nina growing smaller in the distance are our old friends Allard and William,
tired of the crazy confinement of a ship and anxious for shore adventures. They are to
have their fill of them, as it happens; adventures that are to bring to the settlers a sudden
cloud of blood and darkness, and for the islanders a brief return to their ancient peace.
But death waits for Allard and William in the sunshine and silence of Espanola.
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