Uncle Lou held Rachel’s hand when he began speaking.
Their relationship had two false beginnings. They met for the first time at the Bedouin Market in Beer-Sheva. Lou happened to be standing near her and she asked him if he wouldn’t mind taking a picture of her with her camera while she sat on a camel. He waited for the attendants to help her into the saddle between the two humps but when he pointed the camera at her and pressed the button she suddenly disappeared from the frame. He lowered the camera and saw her bent over trying to save one of her sandals from falling off her foot. As she reached for it, her purse slid off her shoulder and fell onto the ground, spilling its contents. The attendants were practiced in this sort of emergency and slowly backed the camel up so that it wouldn’
