“For all I care she may have a cataract in both. May Phanes come to you this evening?”
“I wished to be alone with you.”
“So did I; but the Greek seems to be in a great hurry, and he knows nearly everything that I have to tell you.”
“Have you been gossiping then?”
“No—not exactly—but...”
“I always thought you were a man to be trusted.”
“So I was. But this Greek knows already a great deal of what I know, and the rest...”
“Well?”
“The rest he got out of me, I hardly know how myself. If I did not wear this amulet against an evil eye, I should have been obliged...”
“Yes, yes, I know the Athenian—I can forgive you. I should like him to come with you this evening. But I see the sun is already high in the heavens. I have no time to lose. Tell me in a few words what has happened.”