S' afto to prwto taksidi valame plwrh gia thn Ionia, mia fantastikh xwra tou evrwpaikoy notou, opou h ftwxeia ki h anergia aplwnontai apeilhtikes kai oi anthrwpoi xanoun thn pisth tous sto mellon... Anamesa tous mia nearh kopela, h Dalida, pou anagkazetai na apasxoleitai peristasiaka se dyo douleies, kai h enenhntaxronh giagia ths, h Athhna, pou den katafernei n' anteksei to koyrema ths syntakshs kai ths aksioprepeias ths... Apo thn allh plevra oi epithdeioi arpazoun tis efkairies pou tous prosferei h oikonomikh krish, me prwto kai kalytero enan nearo trapezith, pou kerdizei terastia posa, yphretwntas tous megalokarxaries pou droun paraskhniaka... THa antidrasoun arage oi katoikoi ths Ionias, pou viwnoun to navagio ths zwhs tous kai ths xwras tous; THa diastavrwthoyn kapoia stigmh oi troxies navagwn kai ypokinhtwn; THa teleiwsei pote afto to vrwmiko paixnidi pou metatrepei tis anthrwpines yparkseis se marionetes, se pionia, ermaia sta xeria, h mallon, sta sagonia twn megalokarxariwn;