We shall see." So Ruggiero went away to find the Son of the Fool, and the Cripple, and to engage them for the summer, and to deliver to his brother the message from the Marchesa di Mola.

The reason why Ruggiero did not take Sebastiano as one of his own crew was a simple one.

There lived and still lives at Sorrento, a certain old man known as the Greek.

The Greek is old and infirm and has a vicious predilection for wine and cards, so that he is quite unfit for the sea.

But he owns a couple of smart sailing boats and gets a living by letting them to strangers.