Chapter 20

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌⁠HE PREPARES A STRATAGEM BUT FINDS HIMSELF COUNTERMINED—PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY, AND IS OVERTAKEN BY A TERRIBLE TEMPEST.

In the course of this journey, Ferdinand, who was never deficient in his political capacity, held a secret conclave with his own thoughts, not only touching the plan of his own future conduct, but also concerning his associate, of whose fidelity and adherence he began to entertain