Midge asks him about his "aches or pains." He exults, hopefully, that he will be a "free man" the following day when his painful ("it binds") but therapeutic feminine corset is removed and he can dispose of his cane "out the window" - an ironic choice of words." But the bartender replies that they have run out.The bookwormish chump Charles, meanwhile, is ignoring the rest of he passengers (with bottles of Pike's Pale adorning the tables), engrossed in reading a book titledAre Snakes Necessary?, by Hugo Marzditz [another instance of phallic snake imagery].At the Giza port in Cairo, Evelyn and her brother met up with the "filthy scoundrel" O'Connell for their "adventure" to the ruins, navigating there on the Nile.She asks Sanderson to promise o be in contact soon: "Promise now - only two days!" After returning home to her mother, Anna relieves her mother's anxiety with happy, mysterious hints of wealth to come.