you were smileing then....

"No! Dijari, old boy you know if I were manager the place would look a lot better than it does now." I laugh for indeed I must seem to be a fixture here. "Glad to see you made it back to Cairo." Djari and I went to school together.

"Thank you for your kind invitation."

I bow, and kiss the hand of my sister, now the beautiful Mrs. Shane MacRoth. They were married here at the hotel two years ago.

"Nesime, please do sit down and join us. Why did you sell your house in the garden district? I thought you were so happy there."

"Dear sister, it was time for a change. How long do you plan to stay in Cairo?"