And last night he died.' 'Was that him you have been burying ?' I asked.
'Even so.

He was a good man and my wife's cousin, and now I have no engineer.

Only a fool of a boy from Hamburg.

I have just come from wiring to my owners for a fresh man, but even if he comes by the quickest train he will scarcely overtake us before Vienna or even Buda.' I saw light at last.
'We will go together,' I said, 'and cancel that wire.

For behold, Herr Captain, I am an engineer, and will gladly keep an eye on your boilers till we get to Rustchuk.' He looked at me doubtfully.
'I am speaking truth,' I said.