She wanted Adam Fox with the fervour ofparched earth thirsting for water, corn aching for the warmth of ripening sun, a starving skeleton drooling over a crust of bread. Her passionate young body yearned to...

She expressed an opinion that the happiness of a woman in Paradise is beneath the soles of her husband’s feet,’ he enlightened humorously, seemingly not at all averse to her obvious desire to be comforted.

They had a saying: An Arab loves in the order of: his son, his camel, and his wife – but there were times when one was allowed to take precedence over the other!