"Now we have to get everything ready," Selkirk said. He had never seen British soldiers as thoughtful as they were at that moment.
* * *
The noise started in the late afternoon, echoing through the narrow streets of the city and rising upward to compete with the muezzin"s call to prayer. Selkirk stood in the doorway of the burned out synagogue and watched as the police hurried to the spot.
"An hour until we go in," Rachel said.
"Will your people manage to keep it up?" Selkirk asked
"Obviously," Rachel pushed him further back into the doorway as a squad of police hurried past. "They know how important Abraham is to us."
The noise increased, and Selkirk thought he heard a gunshot. "I hope the Turks don"t take it out on the rioters too much."
Rachel sighed. "We are Jewish; everybody pe
