Chapter 50

He said: “In the documents you have, there is no mention of _silver_. We are told, only, that the _Red Moon_, galley, was _loaded to the gunwales with pure, soft, Indian gold_. The metal mentioned was _Indian_, not Spanish. And that remote ancestor of yours traded with Indians, not with Spaniards. He was not paid for his beads and knives and looking-glasses in Spanish _coin_ or in coin of any sort, either gold or silver. He was paid in soft Indian gold.” The girl flushed slightly. “Really,” she said, “you have an e…