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Clearly, then, he was compelled to admit in the end that nothing
remained but to return to Maracaybo, there to refit the ships before
attempting to force the passage.
And so, back to Maracaybo came those defeated victors of that short,
terrible fight. And if anything had been wanting further to
exasperate their leader, he had it in the pessimism of which Cahusac
did not economize expressions. Transported at first to heights of
dizzy satisfaction by the swift and easy victory of their inferior
force that morning, the Frenchman was now plunged back and more
deeply than ever into the abyss of hopelessness. And his mood
infected at least the main body of his own followers.
"It is the end," he told Captain Blood. "This time we are
checkmated."
"I'll take the liberty of reminding you that you said the same
before," Captain Blood answered him as patiently as he could.
"Yet you've seen what you've seen, and you'll not deny that in ships
and guns we are returning stronger than we went. Look at our
present fleet, man.


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