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No one ever told me where he came from. But this was a miscalculation. I always have at least one reason. He kicked at a clump of weeds.

Layla? Yes, Sitt, of course I remember her. Then in despair he showed them the book. Though his father had been a Copt-an Egyptian Christian-he had been raised among Muslims, and by us. I did not see the approaching carriage until it stopped and a man got out.