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[[note in pencil]] 123. [[note in pencil]] [[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 [[note in pencil]] 155 [[note in pencil]]