Part Three - The Satchel
To her surprise the Shepheard’s hotel in Cairo was sumptuously superior to the fashionable Paris Hôtel Continental, where Noella had never expected to enjoy such stylish and comfortable accommodation.
Whilst William Le Queux took the opulence of their surroundings with nonchalance, his female travel companion enthused unashamedly, in particular about the view from her chamber window across the busy street to the Nile.
According to the enquiries Fred had undertaken prior to their arrival the Earl had received a
