CHAPTER XIX“A man of law,” Sir Oliver observed, “might say it is less than proved, yet it is beyond doubt to my mind. I have not mentioned it to his son, as I sought first to gather all the assurance I could; but I have questioned Captain Antonio, who was a volunteer on the Curse of Islam’s deck at the time.”
“And what,” Señor Ramegas asked, “does he say?”
“He says that, as they came in sight of the chase, there was one wearing knightly arms who climbed from the smaller boat over the bow of the corsair ship, as it ran it down.”
“Could it be said that Don Francisco sank the ship, his father being on board?”
“It appears not. Or that, at least, Antonio will not allow. His tale is that the Christian knight had fallen some time before, either from the crowding swords of his foes, or from th
