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Shortly after the murder-suicide committed by Mustafa Sa’eed’s widow Hosna bint Mahmoud, the narrator enters Sa’eed’s secret room in the village of Wad Hamid. Sa’eed left the narrator the key to this room shortly before his own death by drowning. As he explores the room, the narrator is shocked to discover that Sa’eed has built an English fireplace against one wall.
The fireplace is shocking because the village of Wad Hamid is located close to the equator, and therefore the climate is such that there is no need of a fireplace to provide heating. In this regard the fireplace serves…