“Captain, I hear you, but I can’t believe my ears.”
“Oh, sir! The old saying still holds good: Aures habent et non audient!* Not only does this passageway exist, but I’ve taken advantage of it on several occasions. Without it, I wouldn’t have ventured today into such a blind alley as the Red Sea.”
*Latin: “They have ears but hear not.” Ed.
“Is it indiscreet to ask how you discovered this tunnel?”
“Sir,” the captain answered me,
“Captain, I hear you, but I can’t believe my ears.”
“Oh, sir! The old saying still holds good: Aures habent et non audient!* Not only does this passageway exist, but I’ve taken advantage of it on several occasions. Without it, I wouldn’t have ventured today into such a blind alley as the Red Sea.”
*Latin: “They have ears but hear not.” Ed.
“Is it indiscreet to ask how you discovered this tunnel?”
“Sir,” the captain answered me,
