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Chapter 2,Miss Sarah King, M.B., stood by the table in the writing-room of the Solomon Hotel in Jerusalem,idly turning over the papers and magazines. A frown contracted her brows and she lookedpreoccupied.,The tall middle-aged ¹ Frenchman who entered the room from the hall watched her for a momentor two before strolling up to the opposite side of the table. When their eyes met, Sarah made alittle gesture of smiling recognition. She remembered that this man had come to help her whentravelling from Cairo and had carried one of her suitcases at a moment when no porter appeared tobe available.,‘You like Jerusalem, yes?’ asked Dr Gerard after they had exchanged greetings.,‘It’s rather terrible in some ways,’ said Sarah, and added: ‘Religion is very odd!’,The Frenchman looked amused.,‘And the awful things they’ve built, too!’ said Sarah.,‘Yes, indeed.’,Sarah sighed.,‘They turned me out of one place today because I had on a sleeveless dress,’ she said ruefully.,‘Apparently the Almighty ² doesn’t like my arms in spite of having made them.’,The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎 。,Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。