That my roommate confided in me that during the summer she met A. - he was searching for me and seeing her instead, he captured her. (Wearing a long black cape, he choked her and carried her away.) He confined her for the summer in his harem (He is a Moslem) where she was cruelly treated and given only ice cream to eat. He had many women & their boy children in this low ceilinged structure (the harem) and periodically went on forays for more captives. My roommate learned to love A. and since she was jealous of his love for me - she told me of the summer to arouse my jealousy. I accepted the recital, quite calmly. Interpretation He is to me foreign. From another country etc. etc. he is very much the opposite of anyone I have known or understood. Being a high caste Moslem - he is entitled to more than one wife at a time. He is exceedingly attractive; I have always imagined that he has at least had opportunities to seduce other women.  Ice cream was something we always ate together. This seems to strengthen the theme that my roommate was a substitute.  The low ceilings - I am rather tall - he does not like me to wear high heels. Also - they give the set-up a more furtive atmosphere.  Her jealousy would of course give me pride and satisfaction. I crave approval. Answers to questions 2. I accepted my roommates tale because the reality seemed less difficult to face than the doubts I have heretofore endured.3. Onlooker4. Neither5. It looked the way I would imagine a harem. It was not particularly clean. (I guess I associate cleanliness and purity).6. No.7.