the woman still covers her face, but from the seat next to her, and nearer the window, an arab rises and makes a sharp comment in arabic to hank. the arab's robes are brown, with a turban-like hat combining twisted strands of white and pale green cloth, the arab starts to move past the woman, toward hank, repeating his demand.
people look quickly toward the sound, wondering at the reason for the trouble.
except for the french passengers, everyone in the bus is in a state of disturbance. the arab continues to advance on hank keeping up a steady tirade of arabic.
hank retreats and squeezes himself against his mother, still with the veil in one hand. ben faces the arab who stops, but continues his monologue for ben's benefit.
it moves through the outskirts of marrakesh, a somewhat more populated section, although the streets are narrow and crowded.