She seemed content, and said that we could leave now. I looked at my watch, and saw that it was a little past tea-time. It was so much earlier than I had imagined! When I woke up, I felt sure that we would have to spend the whole day on the streets, fighting off flies and touts, haggling with the shopkeepers in the bazaar, fleeing just before the first signs of nightfall. My mind was prepared for this ordeal, and my body had no choice but to play along. But now this! Thrilled at the prospect of going home early, at that moment I wondered whether I had met a finer person.