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“Do you ever make it to Great Britain?” she asked

“On occasion Suo”

“You should come back,” she said softly

“I’d like that”

The conversation fell silent A cool gust drove her to burrow close, and he slipped an arm around her They were still huddled in the same position when the sun appeared in the eastern sky the following

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Three hours after the NUMA research boat resus of Assiut appeared on the western bank One of the world’s oldest cities, Assiut ricultural center, and the largest city in Upper Egypt

At the helside a pair of da a riverfront dock Dirk tied up the boat and hopped back aboard to find Su and his cell phone

“We finally have cell coverage?” Dirk asked

Zeibig nodded “For about the past ten minutes”

“Then what’s all the exciteet a selfie with a camel?”

“Rod snapped so the mural before it was shot up”

“Iheld up the screen for Dirk to see It showed a wo with a staff Behind hiroup of people huddled in the distance

“Nothing dramatic about that,” Dirk said “You sure this was the section that was shot up?”

Zeibig nodded “I snapped a few more on the way out” He flipped ahead to a wide view of the ht corner “It is rather curious”