"Can you give us the Greek name of this island on the starboard hand to which we are coming?"
"Av coorse Oi kin; sure it's Sayraygo."
"I was not aware that you knew any Greek, Felix," added Mrs. Belgrave.
"Nayther do I know the Grake these haythins shpake out here. It's only the pure Grake, as it comes from Kilkenny, that Oi know."
"But what is the name of the island we are coming to, Captain Scott?" asked the lady.
"Flix told you correctly, only he pronounced it in Greek. It is Cerigo."
"That's jist what Oi say, Sayraygo!" exclaimed Felix. "Sorra one uv 'em out here knows how to shpake Grake."
Louis had to take the wheel at four bells, and Miss Blanche resumed her place on the lee side of him, precisely as he had imagined the scene beforehand. She remained there till eight bells, when the port watch was relieved. At three whistles, about three bells, the steamer stopped, and the second cutter came for the two lady passengers. The young lady declared that she had had a delightful time all day when she met her mother at the gangway.
The next day, while the little fleet were sailing through the Archipelago, the entire party went on board of the Maud, and passed the day with the big four. They chatted, laughed, and sang all day long, making just such a pleasure excursion of it as most of them had often enjoyed at home. They were so delighted that they repeated the visit the next day, and left the little steamer only at the entrance to the Dardanelles, for they could see the shores better from the deck of the big steamer. The night was passed on the Sea of Marmora; and they were all sorry when the darkness prevented them from seeing the strange sights that still surrounded them. The steamers had been obliged to slow down so as not to arrive in the night; but early in the morning they went into the Golden Horn.
Captain Ringgold, fully appreciating the anxiety and trouble into which the reappearance of Ali-Noury Pacha had thrown the parents of Miss Blanche, had suddenly reversed his principal plan, which was to follow the southern coast of Europe to its most eastern point which it was desirable to visit. Instead of doing so, he had followed the coast of Africa as far as Cape Bon, and then continued to the eastward till he reached the Archipelago. In this manner the Guardian-Mother and her puny consort had sailed over two thousand miles.