He possessed a yacht that even the most stupid Fulani would know was worth what be to him would be an unbelievable sum of money.
Because he did not want to talk to Shamara about the way in which they had been captured, he asked instead,
“Why did you want me to say that we were married?”
“He would – otherwise have – expected me to go into – the women’s quarters.”
“Do you mean his harem?”
“Papa said a harem in Africa does not have exactly the same meaning as the ones in Turkey,” Shamara replied, “and although the Fulani women can now go unveiled and meet their husbands’ guests, I do not want to leave you.”
The Marquis could understand this and he said,
“It was very sensible of you and something I should not have thought of.”
As he spoke the door of their room opened and two servants
