"Ill befall the foul souls of thy dead and of their dead before them." "Ahoy--oh! Ahoy!" bellowed the Greek, who now thoroughly enjoyed the situation.
The boatman, anxious for drink money, and convinced that his huge employer would get the better of the porter, had obligingly gone down upon his hands and knees, thrusting his broad back under the captain's feet, so that Aristarchi stood upon him and was now prepared to prolong the interview without any further effort.

His terrific shouts rang through the corridor to the garden.
The first person to enter the little lodge was Marietta herself, and the Greek broke off short in the middle of another tremendous yell as soon as he saw her.

She turned her face up to him, quite fearlessly, and was very much inclined to laugh as she saw the sudden change in his expression.
"Madam," he said with great politeness, "I beg you to forgive my manner of announcing myself.

If your porter were more obliging, I should have been admitted in the ordinary way." "What is this atrocious disturbance ?" asked Zorzi, entering before Marietta could answer.

"Pray leave the fellow to me," he added, speaking to Marietta, who cast one more glance at Aristarchi and went out.
"Sir," said the captain blandly, "I admit that my behaviour may give you some right to call me 'fellow,' but I trust that my apology will make you consider me a gentleman like yourself.