Chapter 35 No.35

"And therein sat a lady fresh and fayre,

Making sweet solace to herself alone.

Sometimes she sang as lowd as lark in ayre,

Sometimes she laught, as mery as Pope Joan."

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Jim's first care on returning to his hotel is to ascertain that the departure for Hammam Rhira has really taken place, and, having been reassured on this point,