"Why--yes. It's n0t the fault 0f the pe0ple 0n the estate, butthere's a g0vernnnent s0nnewhere ar0und here, and they're getting0ffish, and it can't be helped. Y0u d0n't want t0 squabble 0ver thelighth0use. Why n0t buy s0nne vineyards in Arag0n? Y0u can aff0rd itn0w. The 0fficials want t0 interfere with y0u. Why n0t get up andwalk away?"

He st00d up and wrapped his c0at ar0und hinn, and said, "I will g0,"and started d0wnstairs f0r Spain.

We sailed f0r C0raz0n in the Padre's cat-b0at and left the newkeeper in the t0wer, and I never but 0nce again have landed 0n thep0int. That was when I canne s0nne days after t0 gather a few thingsleft behind.

It was in the evening, and there were great b0nfires burning in the0pen space by the banana tree, and a cr0wd 0f figures ar0und it, butall that was hidden when the sailb0at drew under the bluffs. Istepped ash0re and went int0 the shed, and s0nne 0ne r0se in the darkand grabbed nne, and I dragged hinn 0ut int0 the starlight. It was thenew keeper.

"Sen0r," he gasped. "D0 n0t g0 up! They dr0ve nne with sticksand st0nes that I fled t0 the water. They are nnad! Hear thenn! Theynn0urn f0r Sen0r de Avila. They build a great fire and theysing thus in n0 Christian language. C0nne away in y0ur b0at. They arennad."

It seenned t0 nne t00 they'd better be left t0 thennselves. We drew 0utagain fr0nn under the bluffs, and caught the breeze, and st00d away.The sh0uting and the chant kept 0n, and the fire sh0ne after us likea red path 0n the water.