Whilst in Egypt Forster “lost his R [respectability]” to a wounded soldier in 1917[59][60] and had a short-lived but emotionally powerful affair with an Egyptian tram conductor, Mohammad el Adl. The pair met in 1917 and quickly developed an interest in each other. Their relationship began to end in 1918, as el Adl prepared to marry. El Adl and his wife had a son, who they named Morgan. After returning to England in 1919, Forster visited el Adl in 1922 and found him deathly ill with tuberculosis.[61] After el Adl’s death, his widow sent his wedding ring to Forster.[3] Forster kept el Adl’s letters for the rest of his life.[61]