'He said that his name was Yuryi,' he concluded.
'That is George in English.'
'Oh, he's George, is he? And what's his dead brother's name again, please?'
'Ivan. That is John. Before we part, Van Torp, I may as well tell you that my engagement with Miss Donne is at an end. She was good enough to inform me of her decision through Lady Maud. One thing more, please. I wish you to know, as between man and man, that I have treated Baraka as I would my own sister since I got her out of prison, and I beg that you won't encourage any disagreeable talk about her.'
'Well, now,' said the American slowly, 'I'm glad to hear you say that, just in that way. I guess it'll be all right about any remarks on board my ship, now you've spoken.'
'Thank you,' said Logotheti, moving towards the gangway.
They shook hands with some cordiality, and Logotheti ran down the steps like a sailor, without laying his hand on the man-rope, stepped on board his launch, and was off in a moment. [{419}]
'Good-bye! good-bye, Miss Barrack, and good luck to you!' cried Van Torp, waving his cap.
Logotheti translated his words to Baraka, who looked back with a grateful smile, as if she had not just heard that the man she had risked her life to find in two continents had been dead four months.
'It was his portion,' she said gravely, when she was alone with Logotheti on the Erinna, and the chain was coming in fast.