“You might go to Poros,” he said to Gustav. “It is a pretty place, and the trip would do you good.”
“Why not one of the Ægean Islands?” suggested Gustav.
“Certainly. There is Tenos. I live there myself, and I have a brother whom you could stay with for a day or two.”
Selaka coloured with a sudden astonishing thought. This stranger was rich, perhaps unmarried. He might fall in love with Inarime. Now he was bent on urging the trip to Tenos, before undreamed of. “I’ll telegraph to my brother, and you can travel in the Sphacteria. The captain is my godson.”
“You are very kind, doctor, and I am ashamed to accept such favours from you,” said Reineke, truthfully, in surprised assent.
“Oh, it is a pleasure. We Greeks love to see strangers.”
“Then I will go to-morrow. I want to get well as soon as possible, for I have much to do here,” said Reineke.