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Japanese.тАЩтАЭ

тАЬThere were all sorts of clues,тАЭ I say, тАЬbut they just ignored them.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt like Agatha Christie,тАЭ Lissa says. тАЬMurder and trying to find out who killed who. IтАЩm never able
to figure out whatтАЩs going on. All those people on the train together.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre thinking of Murder on the Orient Express,тАЭ Neil says. тАЬI saw that.тАЭ

тАЬIs that the one where they got killed off one by one?тАЭ LissaтАЩs husband says.

тАЬI saw that one,тАЭ ZoeтАЩs husband says. тАЬThey got what they deserved, as far as IтАЩm concerned, going off

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 Death on the Nile

on their own like that when they knew they should keep together.тАЭ

тАЬGiza is nine miles west of Cairo,тАЭ I say. тАЬYou have to take a taxi to get there. There is all this traffic.тАЭ

тАЬPeter Ustinov was in that one, too, wasnтАЩt he?тАЭ Neil says. тАЬThe one with the train?тАЭ

тАЬNo,тАЭ ZoeтАЩs husband says. тАЬIt was the other one. WhatтАЩs his nameтАФтАЭ

тАЬAlbert Finney,тАЭ Zoe says.




CHAPTER FOUR:

PLACES OF INTEREST


The Pyramids are closed. Fifty yards (45.7 m.) from the base of Cheops there is a chain barring our way.
A metal sign hangs from it that says тАЬClosedтАЭ in English and Japanese.

тАЬPrepare to be disappointed,тАЭ I say.

тАЬI thought you said they were open daily,тАЭ Lissa says, knocking sand out of her sandals.

тАЬIt must be a holiday,тАЭ Zoe says, leafing through her guidebook. тАЬHere it is. тАШEgyptian holidays.тАЩтАЭ She
begins reading. тАЬ тАШAntiquities sites are closed during Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting in March.
On Fridays the sites are closed from eleven to one p.m.тАЩ тАЭ

It is not March, or Friday, and even if it were, it is after one P.M. The shadow of Cheops stretches well
past where we stand. I look up, trying to see the sun where it must be behind the pyramid, and catch a
flicker of movement, high up. It is too large to be a monkey.

тАЬWell, what do we do now?тАЭ ZoeтАЩs husband says.