Book 1, Tea in the Sahara: Chapters 10-12 Summary

In Chapter 10, Kit is in a train compartment with Tunner, and the rocking and noise makes her very anxious. She gets a magazine to relieve her tension, while Tunner gives her a sandwich and opens the champagne. She cannot bring herself to eat the sandwich, but she is happy for the drink. Her nerves and the wine are making her tipsy, and Tunner is growing on her. He moves to sit beside her and puts his arm around her. After a moment, she gets up and leaves, telling Tunner she will return in a second.

Kit moves down the car, collecting herself, and across to the fourth-class cabin. She finds the cabin crowded with Arabs. Inside and unable to move, she is terrified by what she sees: a man eating locusts...