The next morning, with Mr. Salazar captaining the fleet, it sails for Cerralvo on a beautiful day under blue skies. By afternoon, the wind had started to blow. Ramun's mother, always fearful of the slightest change in the weather when his father is on the sea, looks worried. Ramun goes outside to check the wind, and he finds it is the dangerous chubasco, blowing from the sea. He goes back inside the house and lies to his mother, telling her it is the mild and harmless coromuel, from the mountains.
Soon, Ramun's pretenses are useless. After supper, the wind increases, and the candles are snuffed out "as by an unseen hand." Ramun again assures his mother that all will be well. The fleet had plenty of warning and no doubt put in safely at.....
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