and who might you be? it's five or six days. to * brundisium. you can walk or ride from there. you have money? well, let's see. passage for two. food for two. six days. what were you thinking of offering? anxious to leave, are you? thought you would like to see them. your master's ships. going home. * no they're not. i know these ships. my brother-in-law's the master of the big one with the brown sail. hector and thalia look at each other. the captain smiles at them and looks back to the ships, coursing healthily on their way. somebody been putting the wind up lucinnius? that's an old one. didn't think anybody'd fall for that.