“Yes，Iremember。Still，IhaveheardsomewherethattheChristianChurchnevertiesaknotwhichitcannotunloose——foraproperfee，andformypartIdonotknowwhyamanshouldnotmarryoneofdifferentbloodbecauseshehasbeennamedhisgod-motherbeforeastonevesselbyamaninabroideredrobe。YousayIdonotunderstandsuchmatters。Perhaps，soletthembe。But，Martina，letussupposethatthisstrangesearchweretosucceed，andOlafhasawayofsucceedingwhereotherswouldfail。Forinstance，whoelsecouldhaveescapedaliveoutofthehandofIreneandbecomegovernorofLesbos，and，beingblind，yethaveplannedagreatvictory？Well，supposingthatbythehelpofgodsormen——orwomen——heshouldfindthisbeautifulHeliodore，unwedandstillwilling，andthattheyshouldmarry。Whatthen，Martina？“
“Then，CaptainJodd，“sheansweredslowly，“ifyouareyetofthesamemindwemaytalkagain。OnlyrememberthatIasknopromisesandmakenone。“
“SoyougotoEgyptwithOlaf？“
“Aye，certainly，unlessIshoulddiefirst，andperhapseventhen。Youdonotunderstand？Oh！ofcourseyoudonotunderstand，norcanIstoptoexplaintoyou。CaptainJodd，IamgoingtoEgyptwithacertainblindbeggar，whosenameIforgetatthemoment，butwhoismyuncle，wherenodoubtIshallseemanystrangethings。IfeverIcomebackI
willtellyouaboutthem，and，meanwhile，goodnight。“