"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.