Chapter 7
The Phantom sailed into the Red Sea, resplendent with its stark white sails brilliant against an azure sky. The ship slid over the tranquil waters of the sea, past Sudan and into Egyptian waters, where the barren rock of hills and cliffs dropped into the sea, only occasionally punctuated by oases of palms and simple mud huts. Sometimes they encountered leathery-faced fishermen in feluccas, either casting their nets or hauling them in; all of them happy to give Toby and the others a wave as they went by.
Most of the time, however, they were on open water, where the hot, dry desert winds couldn’t touch them. Pete taught Toby how to fish and after his initial disgust at having to disembowel anything he caught, he started to enjoy himself and soon became quite adept at catching the
