The Road to Cairo

The morning after their raucous first night in Alexandria, the party gathered for breakfast at the Locanda del Leone to the competing sounds of mosque calls, church bells, and the distant bray of camels. Freddy and Thomas were in a sorry state, nursing severe hangovers from the previous evening’s lion’s milk, and the landlady mercifully produced a bottle of Mrs. Gray Purse’s hangover remedy to help them along. Over flatbread, white cheese, dates, and cold lamb, the group divided their plans for…