The freighter has The Elegance written on the side. There are no people on the deck.

Oswald sees someone moving on the boat.

Huh! "Do you guys see that guy?"

"What guy?"

"No."

"No, I could've sworn -- right there--"

Squint. "I believe you, but I do not see him."

Zoe peers through the binoculars. What guy??

"I can't see anyone on the boat, it looks totally deserted."

"Perhaps it is a spirit that only Oswald can see. As happened to you in Ethiopia."

"Oswald, can you describe him at all?"

"I definitely thought -- maybe it was a -- uh. Maybe." He is going to try to think how distinct it was to work out if he could've imagined it but now that thought will be stuck with him. "He was pretty big, you know, tall and broad..."

"Huh. Sounds hard to miss... but not like the person only I could see."

Zoe notices the dockworkers and homeless men fishing. "We could ask one of them about whose boats these are and how often they take them out?"

Nod. "Good idea. We can also ask if they know anything about Montgomery Donovan, but should--perhaps save that question for last, in case it is not a good question to ask."
 
 
 
 

"Excuse me, sir, I couldn't help admiring these boats. Who do they belong to? Do they take them out often? I'd love to get to watch them sail, but I won't be in town long..."

"I don't know," he says. "I just come out here to fish. Beautiful boat, though."

Araari is going to try asking one of the dockworkers! "Hello, do you know whose boats these are?"

"Who's asking?" he says suspiciously.

"...Me? I was only curious."

"Well, don't be."

"...Why not?"

"Don't stick your nose in other people's business."

Well Alright Then.

Next they go to the Royal Opera House of Valletta.

As they look around the opera house, something catches their eyes. One of the plaques on the wall honoring donors says, "In loving memory of Portia Sapienza."

His hand ghosts over it. "Do you suppose she's dead, then?" he asks. "I wonder how long ago." And how.

"We might be able to find an obit? Or a grave. Later, I mean."

"Good thought, Zoë. I--assume she is dead, yes. I hope she is resting peacefully."