"... going to drop off the edge of the world, Columbus."
"If the monsters don't get you first."
"Or the storms and whirlpools."
Columbus gripped Nina's hand. Martin-Danny took his other arm firmly and steered him toward the prow of the skiff. "Easy now, skipper," Danny said.
"I can't—"
"There's wine on the Santa Maria," Danny whispered. "Much wine—to make you forget. Come on!"
"And I'm going, father," Nina said. "Whether you go or not."
"You!" Columbus gasped. "A girl. You, going—"
"With Martin Pinzon. If—if my own father can't look after me, then Martin can."
"But you—" Danny began.