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‘I was beginning to forget, lady,’ he said that day. ‘You kept what you were doing clear in your head. But I was letting it slip. The Kingdom is so strong. It can take your mind away.’

‘You wouldn’t have forgotten,’ she said.

He touched her face, ran his finger-tip down the rim of her ear.

‘Not you.’

Later, he said:

‘I wish you could come with me to see the Prophet.’

‘I do too; but it’s not wise.’

‘I know.’

‘I’ll be here, Jerichau.’

‘That’ll make me quick.’

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