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Senor General , it is God who speaks by the mouth of this Indian . Your Excellency will no longer refuse the permission which I have asked ? '' It is true , the danger apprehended was not diminished by the presence of the schooner ; but , overcome by the earnest appeals of the Marshal , and the prospect of the important results which would certainly arise from the possession of the vessel , Morelos at length consented to the attempt being made . `` If I know how to read the clouds , '' said Costal , whose counsel on this point was now requested , `` I should say , from the way in which the sun is now rising , we shall have a dark calm day and night -- at least , until the hour of midnight -- '' `` After midnight ? '' demanded the Marshal . `` A tempest and a howling sea , '' replied Costal . `` But before that time the schooner and the isle of Roqueta may be ours . '' ''