Two days on the road had changed Alex's appearance from that of a suave diplomat to that of a bearded, harassed looking tourist, even to the detail of the camera hanging on his chest. Few of his former acquaintances would have recognized him, and that was just as well....
He was sweating, but it wasn't because of the heat ... A cool wind was acutely blowing. A photographer had just pointed a camera at him, and he turned so swiftly that he nearly knocked over a person standing immediately behind him. He muttered an apology in bad German, and was about to move on, when he stood still in amazement.
It couldn't be, but the person he had collided with was an Oriental, and it was Houei Phong, his faithful manservant! They stood and stared at one another for a split second, then Houei turned an
