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CAIRO TO DAMASCUS
We climbed to the roof. Cozy sandbag shelters had been
erected and a canopy furnished shade for the half dozen young
men and two Haganah girls—both buxom, and pleasing to
the eye. One was dressed in khaki trousers, the other in shorts.
The latter, who had just turned eighteen, was married to the
dark, curly-haire B