The ladies of the house did not show themselves to the strangers. Over tea a discussion in Arabic, French and English started with Le Brun and O’She...a translating. ‘Please tell Amira I found her brother in the desert near the big oasis. He died due to heat and lack of water but had managed to walk a very long stretch to try to save the both of them. We buried him and recited a prayer for him. I had no idea how Christians are buried so we buried him as one of our own.’ Tears ran from Mary’s eyes. “I phoned for a taxi and arranged for it to meet me at the end of the lane on the main road. I threw some cloths on grabbed my handbag and just left, they followed me all the way up the lane asking horrible questions.I jumped into the taxi and offered the man an extra twenty pounds if he made sure we weren’t followed. He dropped me off at Sue’s flat in Notting Hill, thankfully she was in. I never left the flat for three days; the papers were still splashing it, what they didn’t know they made. For the record: the bedrooms in mobile homes are not designed for pacing. Not when you have furniture in them anyway.It had been a good week until this morning. Last Saturday, we'd had girls in every event. Miranda had surprised herself by making the finals on beam, then surprised herself again by finishing forth. Stephy took second on floor and Kelly fourth on bars. But the big news was that Traci made the finals on vault. She finished twelfth, but she made the finals. That may not sound. A number of crop names were shouted out by those in the audience, but it was difficult to understand everything that was said. I decided that a different approach was needed."Will the spokesmen please stand?" I requested. About a dozen men stood. "I'll start with this gentlemen," I told them indicating a tall heavy set man. "He will name a crop that is being grown, and then those growing that crop will raise their hand, so we can get an idea of how many are growing each crop. If you are growing.