You can have all the riches in the world <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But boredom can eat away at your very soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you bored Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have a nice apartment here in London <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a way we lead the lives we want <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We work hard <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We travel hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My sister is in Egypt at present <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The temperature is over one hundred degrees <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are in for a cold snap <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Possibly snow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where is she <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cruising on the Nile <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I was younger I visited Egypt with my family <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We sailed down the Nile and visited Kitchener’s Island <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did you visit the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very much <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was it hot <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was in June so you can imagine the heat <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was superb I remember it clearly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How old were you when you went <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifteen <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was taken to Palmyra by my parents when I was fifteen <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a connection between both places <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Martin <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Martin <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who is Daniel Martin <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a book by John Fowles <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My mother gave me copy to read on the trip <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh that Daniel Martin <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes I have a few first editions over there <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the connection Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The novel is set in both places <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And one of the lead characters shares your name <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would like to go on a Nile cruise <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will ask Anne of her experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We could be Daniel and Jane instead of Stan and Jane <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sounds fun <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think that travel is the fluid of the soul Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is very profound <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have travelled and not travelled <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our jobs take us here and there <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But we have not really travelled <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would like to up sticks and travel the world <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quit our jobs and just fuck off <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I agree but a great deal of our income comes from our jobs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are in a prison with transparent walls <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather like this apartment <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has commanding views <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it is also a prison <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you off to La La Land again <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All I am saying is that our lifestyle is governed by our income <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is as simple as that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flip side is that we could just exist <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trapped on a awful crime ridden council estate <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love your social consciousness Jane <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jane Jane spoilt little Jane <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your parents warned me about you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fuck you Stan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accepted <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Jane Smiles are playfully kicks Stan with her bare feet) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who is Jane Smiles <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is a typo <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The writer made an error <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This fiction has been carelessly edited<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you know I took Mandy to St P the other week just to show her the beautiful station <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was very busy and we shared a coffee and watched people pass but my attention was gained by a youngish couple who were obviously travelling <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The guy was an American and judging by the flag on the girl’s backpack she was from Brazil <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl was very beautiful <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brazilian girls are normally rather beautiful <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Especially those of an European heritage <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This one certainly was God’s favourite child <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tall endless tanned legs the whole works <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why were you jealous of her looks as you are also God’s favourite child <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was not that I was not jealous of her looks <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am comfortable in my own skin as you well know <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was jealous of the girl because of her freedom as she and her man were like characters from The Drifters <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is your favourite book <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is one of them <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here I was entertaining Mandy on expenses in a posh establishment at St P <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Life was good <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Life was very good <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I felt that my feet were encased in concrete <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was also my prison <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just wanted to travel like the couple near me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
END OF PART ONE <\/p>\n\n\n\n
PART TWO <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here we are Jane <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirty countries <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Has this changed your life <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you feel free <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I feel homesick at the same time <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I miss our apartment <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I miss my friends <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I even miss my job <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have no need to worry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As this is only a dream <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A dream <\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DREAM ENDS <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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