"The Emir immediately called for Thania, and she too arrived at once, as the Chief Eunuch had anticipated that the Emir might order both of them broug...t to him."On the bench," he ordered, before she had time to perform her obeisance, and Thania was duly placed on the whipping bench."I hear you were jealous of Kashiefa's being called in to me before you. I will not have any of my concubines questioning my wishes. Give her six lashes to teach her better manners."The Chief Eunuch moved to the. I did not really feel up to a religious debate. I told him about my experience a couple years before, when my grandmother sent me to Oral Roberts University for a summer session. ‘Oral Roberts!’ It was almost a curse, coming from his frothy lips. ‘That charlatan! That spawn of Satan!’ He ranted about Oral’s sinful nature for the rest of the ride. Whew, I slipped by that one! Please save me from the saved, OK? Another late-late afternoon, a friendly (but not kissable) ranch wife in a pickup. After talking to the baby for a few minutes and making her giggle once or twice the woman said, ‘Keep an eye on Megan Greg while I go pee.’ The woman, the name Molly came to his mind, slipped out of bed and went through a door on her side of the room. He watched her until she closed the door behind herself then looked down at the baby again. Greg studied the child taking in her features, the shape of her nose, her eyes, her mouth and chin. He held the baby’s free hand and traced each of her. As a result, he typed his own work at the rate of about ten words per minute. Since it took him so long to type something out, he often wrote it out in long hand and then copied it into the computer. He was a slow but sure typist, getting the contents right before he committed it to the computer. It had worked for his dissertation and it continued to work for him.A knock on the door downstairs interrupted his concentration. Going downstairs, he answered the door expecting to find Kim. Instead,.