He Shall Thunder in the Sky - Elizabeth Peters [216]
“I know she would, I’ve heard her say it at least a dozen times. Does this seem an appropriate time to talk about your mother?”
“You were the one who—”
“I know, and I wish I hadn’t. I love her with all my heart, but I won’t let her or anyone else come between us now.”
“My dearest girl, she’ll hustle us into a church as soon as she can make the arrangements—not more than two days, if I know Mother.”
“Oh, well, in that case perhaps you would prefer that I leave, and not come back until after—”
“Just try it. I’ve learned my lesson, too.”
“Someday I will, so you can crush me in your arms and overpower me,” Nefret said dreamily. “I think I’d like that.”
“So would I. Give me a few more days.”
She let out a little cry of distress, and pulled away. “I keep forgetting. Your poor face, and your poor back, and your poor hands and—”
“I keep forgetting too. Come here.” She moved lightly into his embrace, and he smoothed the silky hair away from her face and kissed her temples and brows and closed eyes. “Uh—you did lock the door, didn’t you?”
“Yes, my love.”
“Good,” said Ramses.
From Letter Collection B
Dearest Lia,
We will be with you shortly after you receive this. We sail from Alexandria in two days’ time. I have so much to tell you I’m fairly bursting with it, but I can’t do the subject justice in a letter. So why am I writing? It’s because I want you to be the first to whom I sign myself
With fondest love,
Nefret Emerson
About the Author
Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. She was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lives in an historic farmhouse in Western Maryland with six cats and two dogs.
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Books by Elizabeth Peters
HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY*
THE FALCON AT THE PORTAL*
THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE*
SEEING A LARGE CAT*
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS POOL*
NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS
THE SNAKE, THE CROCODILE AND THE DOG*
THE LAST CAMEL DIED AT NOON*
NAKED ONCE MORE
THE DEEDS OF THE DISTURBER*
TROJAN GOLD • LION IN THE VALLEY*
THE MUMMY CASE*
DIE FOR LOVE • SILHOUETTE IN SCARLET
THE COPENHAGEN CONNECTION
THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS*
THE LOVE TALKER • SUMMER OF THE DRAGON
STREET OF THE FIVE MOONS
DEVIL-MAY-CARE • LEGEND IN GREEN VELVET
CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK*
THE MURDERS OF RICHARD III
BORROWER OF THE NIGHT • THE SEVENTH SINNER
THE NIGHT OF FOUR HUNDRED RABBITS
THE DEAD SEA CIPHER
THE CAMELOT CAPER • THE JACKAL’S HEAD
*Amelia Peabody mysteries
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.
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EPub Edition © APRIL 2002 ISBN: 9780061801143
First Avon Books paperback printing: April 2001
First William Morrow hardcover printing: June 2000
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