"Kalos orsesate!"[13]
CHAPTER VI
TEA WITH A BRIGAND
The stranger replied to Marco with "Tee Kamnete"[14] and came up close to them. Zoe blessed herself and said not a word.
"Kala,"[15] Marco said briefly, and the stranger said,
"It is late for you and your sister to be on the mountain. She is a pretty child."
"Na meen avosgothees,"[16] whispered Marco to Zoe, then to the stranger, "Not later than for you."
"But I have business here," he said with a smile.