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qasim spots  hamid  his  closest  friend  at  the  pool  not  recognising  him, distant  alone  and  not  watching  any  one  present  at  the  club, there  was  no  woman  around, surprised  qasim slaps  him after  approaching  him and  sees  a  strange  odd  distant  glare , hamid  was  not  speaking he  jotted  down notes  conversationally  in a  notebook, he  was  ill  and  the  doctor"s  advice  was  not  to  speak  at  all