The Jewel of the Nile Page #5

stars, imagine what I can do for you.

For your information,

I am not a rock'n'roll star!

The people must believe

I have the same powers as the Jewel.

Come! I want to see him now.

If it weren't for the Jewel,

I'd have led my people to power long ago.

Westerners understand nothing. The Jewel

represents the spiritual world of my people.

Unless I convince them I am their spiritual

leader, they will never follow me into battle.

That is why you are here.

- Tell me how it's done, magician.

- It's not magic trick. It's miracle.

I am losing patience with you.

But you cannot kill me.

Even you are superstitious.

Al-Jawhara lives.

Two nights from now it will not matter.

Oh, no.

A woman?

- Most unexpected.

- I gotta get outta here.

I gotta stop Omar.

Did you bring an army?

- No. I'm just Joan Wilder.

- Just-Joan Wilder, I'm Al-Jawhara.

The Jewel of the Nile.

I don't understand.

- You are the Jewel?!

- Yes. For the moment.

In two nights at the holy city of Kadir

Omar will proclaim himself Emperor.

Without me to oppose him, he'll march

across North Africa like a madman.

But the world will see me

as the saviour of my people.

No, it won't. The world won't believe you.

I've been in your office and seen your vision.

- I'll write the truth about you.

- The truth?

If I wanted the truth,

I would have hired 60 Minutes.

What do you know about truth?

You fantasise everything.

Why do you think I brought you here? You

stay here and write what I tell you to write!

- You think no one knows I'm here?

- Oh, yes, Jack! I forgot to tell you.

Jack is dead.

Don't be ridiculous.

Jack would never die without telling me.

Nevertheless, he is dead.

You look pale, Miss Wilder.

I'll send you my personal physician.

It can't be true.

This Jack... He is friend for you?

Yes.

He is my best friend.

What? I don't see sh*t!

We must stop here.

It is dangerous for Sufis to enter Omar's city.

Now, wait. He's already tried to kill me once.

You are guest of Omar.

Find for us the Jewel. Accept your destiny.

Destiny, my ass! Excuse me.

When you hook up with jujubes,

see what happens.

Just take your lead from me, and we'll be fine.

- We gonna walk through the centre of town?

- I'm gonna put you up a camel's ass.

I might like it.

- What are you doing?

- In one of my books,

Angelina's Savage Secret,

she used her nailfile to cut

the mortar away from the window box.

How long did this take?

Two pages.

But... it's not the bars

that make the prison. It is the desert.

So I'll travel at night. I don't care.

I have to stop Omar.

I gotta get out to write the truth about him.

I have to get to Kadir.

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