"Oh I you mean Olinto?
He is not here yet.

He comes at ten o'clock." This reply surprised me.

I had expected the restaurant-keeper to express regret at his disappearance, yet he spoke as though he had been at work as usual on the previous day.
"May I have a liqueur brandy ?" I asked, seeing that I would be compelled to take something.

"Perhaps you will have one with me ?" "Ach no! But a kuemmel--yes, I will have a kuemmel!" And he filled our glasses, and tossed off his own at a single gulp, smacking his lips after it, for the average Russian dearly loves his national decoction of caraway seeds.
"You find Olinto a good servant, I suppose ?" I said, for want of something else to say.
"Excellent.

The Italians are the best waiters in the world.