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...Umm. Harvard has the largest college library in the country, I believe. Pretty efficient, too, although I don't think the librarian knew where all the books were...
Abdullah had three wives, two sons, three daughters. No. 1 Queen was a cousin, Umm Talal, mother of Prince Talal; No. 2 Queen was a Turk, Umm Naif, mother of Prince Naif the new regent; No. 3 was a comely Ethiopian, black as the tents of Kedar, onetime maidservant to Umm Naif. The black queen attended to Abdullah's clothes, prepared his favorite meals of tender lamb, rice and raisins. A trim figure with a passion for green clothes and nylon stockings, she is, despite her heavy veil, often recognized in Amman's streets. An Amman urchin once...
...Lucy Baxter?" exclaimed Pendrake increduously, "I mean--well, I may have met her, but--umm...
Pendrake looked at once puzzled and abashed, and nodded vaguely. "So long, feller. I, umm . . . guess I'll go over to town and try to find some guys...
...Umm! What a curious flavor...