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And no matter how many nights he stayed he certainly was not going to lurk about that lane , outside garden doors ! He must have been mad , stark , staring , March-hatter mad ! * * * * * That morning , during its remainder , he concluded his buying of supplies and saw to their shipment upon the boat that left upon the following morning . That noon he lunched with an assistant curator of the Cairo museum who found him a good listener . That afternoon he escorted Jinny Jeffries and her uncle and aunt , the Josiah Pendletons , to tea upon the little island in the Cairo park , where white-robed Arabs brought them tea over the tiny bridge and violins played behind the shrubbery and white swans glided upon the blue lake , and then he carried them off in a victoria to view the sunset from the Citadel heights . Not a word about the dance -- except a general affirmative to Mrs. Pendleton 's question if he had enjoyed himself . The Pendletons had not stayed to look on for long , and Jinny had apparently not worn her bleeding heart upon her sleeve .