She passed through this and found herself in still water, in a harbour large enough to hold the fleet of Venice.

The anchor was speedily let drop.
"It seems almost bewildering," Francis said, "the hush and quiet here after the turmoil of the storm outside.

To whom does Mitylene belong ?" "The Genoese have a trading station and a castle at the other side of the island, but it belongs to Constantinople.

The other side of the island is rich and fertile, but this, as you see, is mountainous and barren.

The people have not a very good reputation, and if we had been wrecked we should have been plundered, if not murdered.
"You see those two vessels lying close to the shore, near the village?
They are pirates when they get a chance, you may be quite sure.