| Thalassa turned a cautious yet penetrating eye upon his master. |
| Outwardly, Thalassa had more kinship with a pirate than a husband. |
| But Thalassa stood watching him, as though he had something on his mind still. |
| Thalassa did not return, but she did not notice his absence. |
| It was as though Thalassa were the master, and the other the man. |
| The Greek word thalassa has been reused by scientists for the huge Panthalassa ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea hundreds of million years ago. |
