Perfect beauty is to be found only in woman,’ she said, ‘so yield to me and I shall let you taste undreamed of happiness…’ - Alifa Rifaat

Isn’t it better, when he returns, for your father to find himself with a legitimate son [rather] than an illegitimate grandson?

There was no doubt but that the secret of my passion for her, my preoccupation with her, was due to the excitement that had aroused, through intense fear, desire within myself; an excitement that was sufficiently strong to drive the blood hotly through my veins whenever the memory of her came to me, thrusting the blood in bursts that made my heart beat widly, my limbs limp.

Only blood," he said, "washes dishonor clean.