“Shall you go ashore this afternoon?”
“I do not think so. Athens can only remind me of what I know already-that I am old. Do you know the city?”
“A little. I know Salamis better.”
“That is now their big naval base, isn’t it?”
Graham said yes rather too carelessly. Haller glanced sideways and smiled slightly. “I beg your pardon. I see that I am on the point of being indiscreet.”
“I shall go ashore to get some books and cigarettes. Can I get anything for you?”
“It is very kind of you, but there is nothing. Are you going alone?”
“Mr. Kuvetli, the Turkish gentleman at the next table, has asked me to show him round. He has never been to Athens.”
Haller raised his eyebrows. “Kuvetli? So that is his name. I talked with him this morning. He speaks German quite well and knows Berlin a little.”
“He speaks English, too, and very good French. He seems to have travelled a lot.”