Captain Delano Timeline and Summary

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• Captain Delano sees a raggedy ship approaching from a distance.
• He immediately sets out to see what's going on, bringing only a couple of his trusted guys.
• When he gets on board, he's immediately swarmed by slaves and Spanish sailors. Turns out they're starving and thirsty.
• Delano meets Benito Cereno, the Spanish captain of the ship.
• He immediately thinks that Cereno is suspicious-looking, but can't put his finger on why.
• Cereno tells him a harrowing tale of being stuck in a storm while the whole crew gets scurvy.
• Delano sees some weird stuff, like slaves beating a Spanish sailor boy. He can't for the life of him figure out why Cereno doesn't seem to care.
• Delano offers to buy Cereno's trusty servant, Babo, but Cereno doesn't really seem to respond at all.
• Delano runs into an old Spanish sailor tying a knot. The sailor tries to communicate something to Delano about untying the knot, but Delano is totally clueless.
• Delano starts prodding Cereno for more details about the crazy storm they went through.
• Babo tells Cereno it's time for his shave, so Delano just hangs around and watches.
• Delano finally decides to head back to his boat, but Cereno won't stop holding his hand.
• Delano manages to get in his little boat to head back to the Bachelor's Delight, but Cereno jumps in with him.
• Babo jumps in, too, and seems like he's trying to stab Delano. Finally, realization dawns: he's trying to stab his "master," Cereno!
• The pieces start to come together for Delano. He orders his crew to attack the rebel San Dominick.
• The Bachelor's Delight wins the battle and arrests all the former slaves.
• Delano has one last conversation with a melancholy Cereno, who seems to be upset about Babo's execution.