"Yes."
"Well, as I'm going up too, I'll come with you."
An hour afterwards Uros was duly introduced to the man he had been looking for.
The captain's first question was why Uros had remained behind, and as the young man was anxious to lead the conversation about the murder, he gave all the details about Milenko's arrest, and the reason why he himself had not started with his ship.
"What!" asked Uros, "you haven't heard of the murder?"
"No," replied Captain Panajotti; "you see, I only speak Greek and a little of the lingua Franca, so it is difficult to understand the people here."
"But how is it you happen to be wanting hands? You Greeks only have sailors of your own country."
"I've been very unfortunate this trip. One of my men has a whitlow in the palm of his hand; another, a Slav, came with me this trip, but only on condition of being allowed to go to his country while the ship was loading and unloading——"
"Well?" asked Uros, eagerly.
"He went off and never came back."