The Thief and the Dogs; CH 12

The 12th chapter begins with Said trying on the uniform and Nur admiring his work. The next night she finds out that Said is wanted for murder. Nur gives him one last chance to flee his troubles: "You don't love me. I know that. But at least we could have lived together until you did love me!" He makes her alll these promises, that they'd run away and live together forever.
Said visits Tarzan at the coffeehouse only to be told that it is not even afe there anymore. He returned to his lonely dark hideout at Nur's. He was angry and frustrated, because he knew it was rauf's fault that Said's story had been blown up-- by one newspaper in particular. Rauf was not giving up in stirring up more controversy against Said. Said feels that his life will have loss all meaning, unless he kills the ones who have betrayed him. He starts to look back before "time brought terrible changes" to Rauf Ilwan. He even claims that his former mentor possessed within the same power that Said could not even find in the Sheikh. He even remembers all Rauf taught him, like his love of reading or self-respect in being a thief. Said was transforned into a Robin Hood of more modern times. He is in shock of how much Rauf has flipped in philosophy, "You too, want to kill me, to murder your conscience and past as well."
There seems to be some foreshadowing when Nur returns. He kisses her more enthusiiastically, "knowing her now to be the person closes to him for as long as he might live." She told Said about how he's all they talk about, he is a hot topic... "as if you were some story book hero. But they don't have any idea what torture we go through." <--- it sounds like every one else has a positive view when they are on the outside looking IN.
On page 115, Said then brings up the term DOGS again, with a negative connotation. He then reveals to the readers that he does not use this term literally, at all. I was confused at the end of this chapter because.... it seems to me that Said implies that Nur associates with Rauf, when Said calls her a liar.