Passage 2 Mr Phanourakis was 85 when he said goodbye to his Greek mountain village and took an American ship for the United States His sons have done well in business there and wanted him to spend his remaining years with them The old gentleman knew no language except his own but, with the self-confidence of the Greek mountain villager, he made his way easily about the foreign ship When the bell announced the serving of lunch on his first day on board, he found the number of his table on the passenger-list outside the dining room and went straight to it while most of the others waited for the chief steward to tell them where to sit It was a small table for two Mr Phanourakis sat down After a few moments his table companion arrived "Bon appetit, msieur," he murmured politely, as he took the other chair" Phanourakis," he said, carefully spacing out the Greek syllables During the afternoon, one of the ships officers, who spoke some Greek, asked the old gentleman if he had found any acquaintances on board Mr Phanourakis shook his head "No," he said, "the only person Ive met so far is my table companion He must be French His name is Bonappetit - or something like that" "That is not his name," said the officer "It is a French expression that means Good appetite" At dinner time he found the Frenchman already at the table He smiled shyly, sat down, and said carefully, "Bon appetit, msieur" The Frenchman returned his smile "Phanourakis, msieur," he said 36.Mr Phanourakis went to America because ________ [
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