Chapter 11: Luxor

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠The Nile was high. Much of the Memnonia was impassable. The Colossi sat lonely in the midst of a great lake, when Barry came to Luxor. In this way he saw the City of the Sun under advantageous conditions.

The Winter Palace Hotel, whose impudent modernity aspires to dwarf the majesty of the great temple, was in a comatose state. Its palatial suites which later in the season would echo Wall Street qu