a woman as captain of a ship , mais non , jamais ... never ... , '' but he continued to look me over carefully and then said , `` my lissette , she has talked often of you ... she has said you have had many adventures ... ah , pardon , you seem to have a speck above your eye ... , '' and before i could jerk back , he had put out his hand and rubbed his thumb over my right eyebrow and then looked at the faint brown smudge on his finger and smiled .