Using the only part of the ritual still available to him in the absence of a sponsor, the Emir asked, "Well, girl, what should I call you?"The respons...e startled him as the woman burst into song again with just a snatch of an aria from La Bohème and sang, "Si. Mi chiamano Lama."The Emir rose slowly, slipped off his clothes and just as slowly but firmly entered her vagina, thrusting in and out several times. Withdrawing he took the embroidered cloth from the Chief Eunuch and wiped his magnificent. For the few minutes it took for us to climb the stairs and muck about in our room getting ready for the day, all I could think about was the napkin in my pocket. It sure would be a letdown if nothing was on it or contained in it, and the uncertainty of it, together with the mixture of fear and excitement, consumed me. I wanted to open it but couldn't risk Cheryl catching me looking at it if there was something written on it or falling out of it. Finally, she stepped into the bathroom and closed. When I hear that blower whine and the dual pipes roaring, I can't keep my foot off the gas. Next thing I knew, I had a cycle cop on my tail, lights flashing, and when I pulled over, I knew he wasn't going to ask me to buy tickets to the policemen's ball.I checked the mirror. The night was dark, but I could see the cop leaning his motorcy­cle on its kickstand and taking out his ticket book. Damn, this was bad. Cops have hated cars with no fenders ever since the golden days of hot rods in the. But I've got my knife, and I know the country. I have friends I can depend on, and they're not far away. But the man must had local friends, too, unless he stole this fat, little horse. How did he find out about Robert?"Awful hot day." The soldier uncapped his canteen. "Don't it ever rain 'round here?" He drank deeply, and water ran down his chin and onto his shirt. He held the canteen out to Seth while he wiped his mouth. The boy looked away and shook his head as a fine spray of dust fluttered.