'I'm sorry, no.'
'What kind of clothes did she wear?'
'She had only one garment. A simple shift.'
'What color?'
'White, I believe, with some kind of stripe.'
'What color stripe?'
'I don't remember, Inspector.'
'Did she wear jewelry?'
'Not that I noticed.'
'Earrings?'
'There may have been earrings.'
'Can you describe them?'
'No,' said the monk, emphatically. 'I didn't look at her that closely. I'm not even sure if she wore any.'
'There are many kinds of earrings,' said Daniel. 'Hoops, pendants, studs.'
'They could have been hoops.'
'How large?'
'Small, very simple.'
'What color?'
'I have no idea.'
Daniel took a step closer. The monk's robe smelled of topsoil and tomato leaves.
'Is there anything else you can tell me, Brother Roselli?'
'Nothing.'
'Nothing at all?' pressed Daniel, certain there was more. 'I need to understand her.'
Roselli's eye twitched. He took a deep breath and let it out.
'I saw her with young men,' he said, softly, as if betraying a confidence.
'How many?'
'At least two.'
'At least?'
'She went out at night. I saw her with two men. There may have been others.'
'Tell me about the two you saw.'
'One used to meet her there.' Roselli pointed east, toward the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, with its grape arbors and fruit trees espaliered along the walls. 'Thin, with long dark hair and a mustache.'
'How old?'
'Older than Fatma-perhaps nineteen or twenty.'
'An Arab?'
'I assume so. They talked to each other and all Fatma spoke was Arabic.'
'Did they do anything other than talk?'
Roselli reddened.
'There was some? kissing. When it got dark, they'd go off together.'
'Where to?'
'Toward the center of the Old City.'
'Did you see where?'
The monk looked out at the city, extended his hands palms-up, in a gesture of helplessness.
'It's a labyrinth, Inspector. They stepped into the shadows and were gone.'
'How many of these meetings did you witness?'
The word witness made the monk wince, as if it reminded him that he'd been spying.
'Three or four.'
'During what time of day -did the meetings occur?'
'I was up here, watering, so it had to be close to sunset.'
'And when it got dark, they left together.'
