We had no women's dress on board, but we found her warm clothing, in
which she appeared as a man. After a while she recovered her good
looks, and we found her companionship agreeable.
A week later we came to an island which promised more favourable
conditions than the one we had just left, and where we obtained a
supply of good water for our tanks.
CHAPTER XLIV
THE ISLANDS OF ARMENIO
It was now brought home to me that Donna Isabel Barreto was henceforth
to play no unimportant part in the prosecution of our voyage. She had
recovered her good looks, and although she was older than any of us on
board the "Golden Seahorse", and probably ten years older than Hartog,
she nevertheless exerted an influence over the captain which I could
see he found it impossible to resist. Donna Isabel had once more
resumed her feminine attire, having stitched together for herself a
wardrobe from the ship's stores of cloth and calico, and Hartog begged
from me three of the rubies which I had found in the Valley of
Serpents, which he presented to her, and which she wore sewn on to a
black velvet cap.
Donna Isabel openly expressed her desire to amass treasure in order to
follow up Montbar and take her revenge upon him for having marooned her
and her people upon a desert island.
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