The Beggar, The Thief And The Dogs, Autumn Quail (2016) - Plot & Excerpts
“No, no, Madame Nur,” she muttered as she finally left, “everything has to come to an end sometime, you know.” At midnight Said slipped out. Although his confidence in everything had gone, he was careful to walk very naturally and slowly, as if merely taking a stroll. More than once, when the thought struck him that people passing by or standing around might well be informers, he braced himself for one last desperate battle. After the encounter on the previous day, he had no doubts that the police would be in occupation of the whole area near Tarzan’s café, so he moved off toward Jabal Road. Hunger was tearing at his stomach now. On the road, it occurred to him that Sheikh Ali al-Junaydi’s house might well provide a temporary place of refuge while he thought out his next moves. It was only as he slipped into the courtyard of the silent house that he realized that he had left his uniform in the sitting room of Nur’s flat. Infuriated by his forgetfulness Said went on into the old man’s room, where the lamplight showed the Sheikh sitting in the corner reserved for prayer, completely engrossed in a whispered monologue.
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