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Those were the good days, before the Mamelukes took Saphet. She made a horrible rasp- ing sound in her throat, an animal utterance of complete rejec- tion. t a hundred women wanted to join the procession, but th number diminished after Matwilda had weeded out the know prostitutes. Do you know where Jerusalem is? the count demanded.

He hesitated and his voice broke. Crusader ruins. Years ago, as a sharp- eyed Arab boy growing up in Tubariyeh, he had captivated the interest of the th here in Makor.