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тАЬZoe,тАЭ I say quietly. тАЬThereтАЩs something wrong.тАЭ

тАЬUmm,тАЭ she says, looking up something in the guidebookтАЩs index.

тАЬThe Valley of the Kings is four hundred miles south of Cairo,тАЭ I say. тАЬYou canтАЩt walk there from the
Pyramids.тАЭ

She finds the page. тАЬOf course not. We have to take a boat.тАЭ

She points, and I see we have reached a stand of reeds, and beyond it is the Nile.

Nosing out from the rushes is a boat, and I am afraid it will be made of gold, but it is only one of the
Nile cruisers. And I am so relieved that the Valley of the Kings is not within walking distance that I do
not recognize the boat until we have climbed on board and are standing on the canopied deck next to the
wooden paddle wheel. It is the steamer from Death on the Nile:




CHAPTER FIVE:

CRUISES, DAY TRIPS, AND GUIDED TOURS


Lissa is sick on the boat. Neil offers to take her below, and I expect her to say yes, but she shakes her
head. тАЬMy ankle hurts,тАЭ she says, and sinks down in one of the deck chairs. Neil kneels by her feet and
examines a bruise no bigger than a piaster.

тАЬIs it swollen?тАЭ she asks anxiously. There is no sign of swelling, but Neil eases her sandal off and takes
her foot tenderly, caressingly, in both hands. Lissa closes her eyes and leans back against the deck chair,
sighing.

I toy with the idea that LissaтАЩs husband couldnтАЩt take any more of this either, and that he murdered us all
and then killed himself.

тАЬHere we are on a ship,тАЭ I say, тАЬlike the dead people in that movie.

тАЬItтАЩs not a ship, itтАЩs a steamboat,тАЭ Zoe says. тАЬ The Nile steamer is the most pleasant way to travel in
Egypt and one of the least expensive. Costs range from $180 to $360 per person for a four-day cruise.тАШ тАЭ

Or maybe it was ZoeтАЩs husband, finally determined to shut Zoe up so he could finish a conversation, and
then he had to murder the rest of us one after the other to keep from being caught.


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