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we’re both going to the judge to have you returned here。 We’ll be ing with a

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group  of  men  we’ve  assembled;  so  let  your  father  be  forewarned。  Collect  your

things;  you’re  to  e  back  to  this  house。  Send  your  response  with  Esther

immediately。

After reading the letter a second time; I pulled myself together and gazed at

Esther  with  questioning  eyes;  but  she  told  me  nothing  new  about  Hasan  or

Black。

I  pulled  out  the  reed  pen  that  I  kept  hidden  in  a  corner  of  the  pantry;

placed a sheet of paper on the breadboard and was about to begin writing a

letter to Black when I froze。

Something  came  to  mind。  I  turned  toward  Esther:  She’d  fallen  upon  the

rosewater sherbet with the joy of a chubby child and so it seemed ridiculous

to me that she could be aware of what was going through my mind。

“See how sweetly you’re smiling; my dear;” she said。 “Don’t worry; in the

end everything will be all right。 Istanbul is rife with rich gentlemen and pashas

who’d give their souls to be wed to a stunning beauty; possessed of so many

talents like yourself。”

You  understand  what  I’m  talking  about:  Sometimes  you’ll  say  something

you’re convinced of; but no sooner do the words leave your mouth than you

ask  yourself;  “Why  did  I  say  this  so  halfheartedly;  even  though  I  believe  it

through and through?” That was what happened when I said the following:

“But  Esther;  who’d  want  to  marry  a  widow  with  two  kids;  for  Heaven’s

sake?”

“A  widow  like  you?  Plenty;  a  slew  of  men;”  she  said;  conveying  them  all

with a hand gesture。

I looked into her eyes。 I was thinking I did not like her。 I fell so silent that

she knew I wasn’t going to give her a letter and even that it would be better if

she left。 After Esther had gone; I withdrew to my own corner of the house as

though I could feel my silence—how should I put it—in my soul。

Leaning on the wall; for a long while I stood still in the blackness。 I thought

of myself; of what I should do; of the fear that was growing within me。 All the

while I could hear Shevket and Orhan chattering upstairs。

“And you’re as timid as a girl;” said Shevket。 “You only attack from behind。”

“My tooth is loose;” said Orhan。

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At the same time; another part of my mind was concentrating on what

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