Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Introduction

A hospital-trained nurse completes a letter in the lobby of the Tigris Palace Hotel in Baghdad.Her fountain pen flicked across the letter paper. ... Ah, dear, I think, that is really all the news I have to report to you.I gotta say, it's always good to see the world as it is.However, I hope that every time I travel, let me go to a place in the UK, thank you!Baghdad is so messy that you can't believe it - it's not romantic at all, not like what you imagine in the Arabian Nights.Of course, just being on the river, the scenery is beautiful, but the town itself is abysmal - no decent shops at all.Major Kersey took me around the market, and, of course, I can't deny that those places are quite interesting - but just a lot of junk, and the sound of banging copper pans, which gave people a headache ——And that kind of thing, unless I'm sure it can be cleaned, I don't like to use it myself.With those copper plates, you have to be very careful about the patina on them.

If there is any news on that job that Dr. Rayleigh was talking about, I will write to you.He said that this American gentleman is in Baghdad now and might come to see me this afternoon.He had come because of his wife's illness—she was "paranoid"—Dr. Rayleigh said.Other than that, he didn't say anything else.Of course, my dear, we all know what that disease usually looks like (but I hope it's not actually DT's--drunkenness!) Of course, Dr. Reilly didn't say anything--but, he had an air of —You know what I mean, this Dr. Leidner is an archaeologist who is now excavating an ancient mound in a desert for a museum in the United States.

Well, my dear, I will now close this letter.I thought you told me about little Stubbins, and it made me laugh so hard.What did the head nurse say? I won't write much for now. Enter Amy Leatheran She put the letter in an envelope and wrote on it: To Sister Cole, St. Christopher's Hospital, London. When she put on the pen cap, a local waiter came to her, "A gentleman has come to see you: Dr. Leidner." Nurse Leatheran turned around.She saw a man of medium build with slightly drooping shoulders.The man had a brown beard and mild but tired eyes. What Dr. Leidner saw was a woman of thirty-two, tall and straight, with a confident attitude.He saw a good-natured face, with slightly protruding blue eyes and lustrous eyes, and he thought she looked exactly what a caregiver should look like: cheerful, robust, shrewd, and down-to-earth.