Summary
At Cairo airport, before we'd even checked in, a man wearing a blue uniform and a bighandled pistol singled me out and said, 'Cigarettes?' I couldn't believe it. I nodded ashenly, like a condemned man assenting to a blindfold. He led me to a low table and motioned me to open my suitcase. Pushing aside a layer of clothes, he exposed a neat row of 20 packets of 200 cigarettes. He lifted a packet, revealing another layer underneath. He stared at them and scratched his chin.
Clarke discusses buying tax-free cigarettes for his relatives while on a trip abroad. A misunderstand about customs allowances while on a trip to Egypt caused him a great deal of chagrin.See the full content of this document
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My boy, and almost all the members of his family on his mother's side, are dedicated smokers. Cigarettes are the joy and consolation of their lives.
Whenever I go abroad, they take up a collection and I am handed a wad of mo...See the full content of this document
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