SEVENTEEN
After two weeks of imprisonment, Mukhtar and Ayyad Al Fezzany came during visiting hours, along with a woman you couldn’t recognize, for her cloak was wrapped tightly around her face. You were surprised to see them because you hadn’t expected that they would learn of your imprisonment after you had left your job at Signora Houriya’s.
The woman wrapped in the cloak was Hawaa and as soon as you recognized her, you said, “Did you really have to come when these two could have conveyed your greetings?”
“And does friendship not extend to fallen places?”You said, “You are a faithful friend, Hawaa.”
Hawaa told you she had heard passing mention from her mistress that you were in prison without hearing anything to explain the rest of the story, so she had agreed to visit you alongside
