Chapter 13 Summary

Husni is released after three nights, as Sharif predicted, but is sad to leave his comrades in jail and miss the chance of setting forth his grievances in court. Husni believes everything can be solved by discussion. While knitting, Layla hears son Ahmad playing happily in the fountain with Anna. Layla is happy to have such a charming guest and sorry Anna will leave tomorrow. There is so much Anna wants to understand about Egypt that Layla could provide. It is not like Sharif to decide suddenly to journey across the desert with strangers - much less with an English woman. Perhaps the confirmed bachelor is attracted to Anna. She and their mother, Zeinab, have given up on him marrying again. Sharif's first marriage lasts six months and to Zeinab, it is the honorable thing for him to take the blame and return...