"Why? What are you going to do? The sun will soon be setting. We ought to see the first afterglow from the Loulia together."
"Call me, then, when it comes. But I'm going to take a lesson in coffee-making as they do it out here. It will amuse me to make our coffee after lunch. Besides, it will be something to do. And I want to take an interest in everything, in all the trifles of this odd new life."
He put his arm around her shoulder.
"Splendid!" he said.
His hand tightened upon her.
"But you must come for the afterglow."
"Call me, and I'll come."
As she went down the companion, he leaned over the rail and asked her:
"Who's going to give you your lesson in coffee-making?"
"Hamza," she answered.