The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction

‘Did I? A businessman’s way of talking, perhaps.’

‘You wanted me to change the date of his death.’

‘Not quite as crudely as that, I hope. But certainly his death was inconvenient to us. You see, we were just negotiating – we thought we had negotiated, in fact – an important arrangement with the Ministry and we didn’t want to go through all that again.’