What! You mean--
FIRST SAILOR. I mean he _must_ fall into the seas to-night. Are you with
me, men?
ALL SAILORS. Aye! Aye!
FIRST SAILOR (_cautiously_). 'T is my plan to push him over as he stands
there looking at the stars.
FOURTH SAILOR. Why not creep upon him now?
FIRST SAILOR. Are you willing, men, to have the deed done now?
ALL SAILORS. Yes! Yes!
FIRST SAILOR (_to Second and Third Sailors_). Come with me, you two! We'll
creep up on his left.
[_They creep upon Columbus, who is seen to suddenly bend forward, looking
eagerly into the distance._]
COLUMBUS. Land! Land!
[_Sailors stop; enter the_ CAPTAIN.]
CAPTAIN. Did you say land, sir?
COLUMBUS. Land, Captain, land! Come, Sailors, come! Land! Land!
SAILORS (_looking; joyfully_). Land! Land!
COLUMBUS (_lifting his arms_). Now Heaven be praised!
NOTE TO TEACHER.--This play conforms to the spirit of the
traditional story of Columbus, but the dramatization has
made it necessary to condense into one scene the somewhat
prolonged negotiations with Ferdinand and Isabella.
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