V. (Ch 3) Itinerary

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sun Nov 26 16:53:17 CST 2000


Just to clarify:

i Day. In Alexandria (64.3). Narrated by P. Aeuil, a waiter.

ii That evening. In Alexandria, at the Austrian consulate party. Narrated by
Yuef the factotum.

iii Later that evening. In Alexandria, after the consulate party. Narrated
by "Maxwell Rowley-Bugge", a peregrine and fraud.

iv Morning. Aboard the Alexandria-Cairo train. Narrated by Waldetar the
conductor.

v Afternoon. In Cairo. (83.11) Narrated by Gebrail the carriage driver.

vi "Three in the morning." In Cairo. (85.2 up) Narrated by Girgis the
mountebank.

vii Afternoon. In Cairo. (92.22, 93.2) Narrated by Hanne the barmaid.

viii That night. In Cairo at the opera. Narrated in the filmic present
tense.

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