Main network

Usage examples of waterpipes.

One evening as we sat surrounded by old men smoking waterpipes in a back alley club—Claire’s favorite, as it happened—a place constructed of ornate carpets draped over a bamboo frame, with folding chairs and little metal tables, all centered about a makeshift stage upon which a drugged young girl wearing street clothes, her cheeks pierced by silver needles, sang a song that prophesied glory for Islam, Kate grew surly and silent, and as she often did when depressed, bent coins between the thumb and forefinger of her right hand.

An earlier stroke of genius, supplying them with the notion of lead-based waterpipes and wine-vats, paid off handsomely, and the threat was ended.

An earlier stroke of genius, supplying them with the notion of leadbased waterpipes and wine-vats, paid off handsomely, and the threat was ended.

The damage to the city was not yet over: gas mains still blew, waterpipes continued to burst, and bomb-hit buildings still toppled long after they'd been struck.