CHAPTER IV.
So Marco Polo goes over and salutes him politely.
"I wonder if you mind my sitting down by you for a while," he says.

"I perceive you're from China." The sea-captain waves him politely to his place.
"I'm from China." He smiles.

"You guessed right." "Is it long since you've been in China ?" "Well, that depends upon what you call long," says the captain.

"If you mean time, it's one thing.

If you mean voyage, it's another.