THIRTEEN
You went to bed late that night. You had walked a lot during the search for a hotel, and ridden the bicycle across town. The ensuing exhaustion lowered you into a deep sleep from which you didn’t wake until some time after your customary hour. You went to Houriya’s half an hour later than usual.
As soon as you arrived, you found Mukhtar and Ayyad al-Fezzany both waiting for you outside the building. Al-Fezzany told you that he had gone to the camp the day before looking for you, but had learned you had moved to a new residence. He hadn’t known what to do as he had been sent to inform you to come early the following morning because you had been chosen for an important mission.
From the instant you reached the building, even before hearing what al-Fezzany had said, you knew that
