We left London on a cold October day and four days later we were in Varna. We made our plans, and waited for the ship to arrive. Every day Mina told us that she could still hear the sound of water. But three weeks went by, and the ship did not arrive. Then, at last, we had news – the ship was not coming to Varna, and was already at Galats!
We took the first train to Galats, but we were too late. The box was no longer on the ship. ‘Someone came and took it this morning,’ one of the sailors told us.