"If you had delayed, it would have been quite reasonable. You have never seen Egypt before, have you?"
"Never."
"How long were you at Luxor?"
"One night, on the boat opposite to Luxor."
"Then what did you see?"
"Nothing at all."
She put up one hand and pulled gently at her veil.
"I thought I would do all the sight-seeing as I came down the river."
"Most people do it coming up. And I find you in a temple."
"It is the first I have entered. I couldn't pass Edfou."