That was one side of the problem. But the boy was also being fed Christian ideas. Where was he getting them, if not from Marika, her parents, or all of them? That was another mistake that was no less dangerous than the disaster of the Muslim Brotherhood dogma. It pained him that he was the one who’d convinced Petros and Doris to move from Abu Kabir to Ismailia and helped them to settle in the city so that Marika could be amongst her family. This was his reward - he who did this out of love for her - that Christian principles would seep into the child from within the home? Is there any reward for good other than good? How could he face these calamities?
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As soon as the boy walked through the door, Marika noticed he was upset. ‘What’s wrong, my darling?’ But all he said was, ‘Nothing. T
