Joan Wolf
“There was an adequate staff of servants. The house was immaculate and the food appeared regularly, but there was a museum-like quality to the place, she thought. There was no sign of domesticity. The harem was empty.
She mentioned her feeling to Said, one of the men who had escorted her on the night she first came to the house by Lake Ezbekhiah. It seemed that Said was John’s chief lieutenant and he also appeared to be a friend. “This is a very beautiful house,” she said to him, “but I get the ...impression that John regards it as little more than a tent where he is making a temporary stay.”
Said had looked at her cautiously. He was not comfortable in her company. He recognized that she must be treated differently from the women to whom he was accustomed, but he was finding it difficult to adapt himself. “He has only owned the house for a short time,” he finally answered. “The pasha gave it to him as a reward for his service in Arabia.”
Julianne looked for a moment at a priceless vase adorning one of the low tables in the room where she spent most of her time.MoreLess
She mentioned her feeling to Said, one of the men who had escorted her on the night she first came to the house by Lake Ezbekhiah. It seemed that Said was John’s chief lieutenant and he also appeared to be a friend. “This is a very beautiful house,” she said to him, “but I get the ...impression that John regards it as little more than a tent where he is making a temporary stay.”
Said had looked at her cautiously. He was not comfortable in her company. He recognized that she must be treated differently from the women to whom he was accustomed, but he was finding it difficult to adapt himself. “He has only owned the house for a short time,” he finally answered. “The pasha gave it to him as a reward for his service in Arabia.”
Julianne looked for a moment at a priceless vase adorning one of the low tables in the room where she spent most of her time.MoreLess
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