The following morning, Nicholas encounters "Lily" on the beach. His flirtatious, probing questions about what happened the night before remain unanswered, but there continues to be something contemporary, mysterious, and flirtatious in her manner towards him. Their conversation ends with a brief, polite kiss on the cheek, followed by "Lily's" return to the house. Shortly afterwards, too soon for her to have actually returned, Nicholas sees a young woman who looks exactly like Lily on the terrace, in the company of a tall figure, all in black wearing a mask that looks like the head of a jackal. Nicholas interprets the figure as a representation of the Egyptian god Anubis. His vision is interrupted by the arrival of Maria, who brings a note from.....
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