"Probably not right away," he admitted. Ideally, if he traveled, he'd be able to pitch it to Jewell as something that would help the business; then he could keep getting paid while he was abroad instead of simply losing income for however long they were away. That had been relatively easy to do for France, which had a plethora of wine companies he could try to make deals with and a sizeable export market if Jewell wanted to sell there. Egypt would be harder, but not impossible. He would, however, need some time to research what the liquor market was like there if he wanted to sell Jewell on the idea of funding his trip, particularly if he was planning to bring Melody and Nora along.

"If I play it right we could probably go in August," he speculated. "If you want to go to Egypt in August, that is." Not that it was ever particularly cold in Egypt, but the summer was sweltering hot, whereas the winter was generally more tolerable for delicate English complexions.

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