kapheneion

The following morning Dr Iannis returned exhausted from the mountain (via the kapheneion), and not only found a corpselike man asleep in his daughter's bed, but found the latter and a craggy and repulsive woman asleep in his own.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

One day, when I have the strength to speak, I will tell this story in the kapheneion to make the boys laugh, because the truth is that this old scarecrow took a fancy to me.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

He went to the kapheneion in a tragic mood that sat oddly with the serenity of a cloudless morning.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

Pelagia said, 'Aspettami, vengo,' and ran to fetch her father from the kapheneion.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

It would be a question of lapsing into the monotony of spoiling the menfolk and only being allowed to discuss important things with other women, when the men were not listening or were in the kapheneion playing backgammon when they ought to be working.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

The doctor passed by on his way to the kapheneion, in an anticipatory state of annoyance on account of the fact that the coffee being served these days tasted of river mud and tar, and was becoming more expensive by the second.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

Sometimes I wonder if I'm normal, but the things the women say when we're all together and the men are in the kapheneion.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

'Prime Minister Metaxas,' cried Kokolios, who was unashamed of his Communist convictions and devoted much time in the kapheneion to criticising the dictator and the King.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

There is no table where the boys of La Scala sing, there is no Psipsina catching mice, no goat to bleat in the dawn and wake me, there is no Antonio seducing my heart with his flowers and mandolin, there is no Papas returning from the kapheneion and saying, 'Kokolios said the most ridiculous thing …'

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

The mangas in the kapheneion would think he had given up being a Europeanised alafranga and turned into one of those traditionalist fustanellophoroi.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003