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[[preprinted]] SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL & CHEZIREH PALACE CAIRO
THE EGYPTIAN HOTELS LTD.

[[preprinted]] TelegrAddress: "SHEPHEARDS-CAIRO"
LIEBER'S CODE USED

[[image - Shepheard's Hotel & Chezireh Palace logo]]
[[preprinted]] QUIS AQUAM NILI BIBIT AERUM BIBET

[[preprinted]]Shepheard's Hotel May 20th [[preprinted]]1908

My dear Colonel Hecker,

It seems more than agreeably strange to find plans dreamed beside last winters hearth, working successfully under this gray dust-enveloped desert moon. My quest takes me to Gizeh, to strange haunts of old Arabi, and he works best when the light is not too bright. I return to my hotel, along the Nile, under the old tree covered drive, in the moonshine, and the contract with Ferry Avenue and my quish[[?]] home is entertaining. Those who drive to and fro with my sometimes are also entertaining, but not in looks or smell. In pure deviltry and intrigue they are fascinating [[strikethrough]]. Thread by thread they unwind the secret story of the stealthily

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