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pletion of my father’s book and those who could contest my divorce and

our marriage ceremony—which will be performed tonight; God willing。 But I

suppose  I  shouldn’t  further  confuse  you;  since  you  are  already  even  more

confused than I。”

“You aren’t confused at all;” said Black。

“Perhaps; but only because these aren’t my own ideas; I learned them from

my  father  over  the  years。”  I  said  this  so  he  wouldn’t  dismiss  what  I  said;

assuming that these plans had sprung from my feminine mind。

Next; Black said what I’d heard from every man who wasn’t afraid to admit

he found me very intelligent:

“You’re very beautiful。”

“Yes;” I said; “it pleases me to be praised for my intelligence。 When I was a

child; my father would often do so。”

I was about to add that once I’d grown up my father ceased to praise my

intelligence; but I began to weep。 As I cried; it was as if I’d left myself and was

being  another;  entirely  separate  woman。  Like  some  reader  troubled  by  a

sad picture in the pages of a book; I saw my life from the outside and pitied

what  I  saw。  There’s  something  so  innocent  in  crying  over  one’s  troubles;  as

though  they  were  another’s;  that  when  Black  embraced  me;  a  sense  of  well…

being spread over us both。 Yet; this time; as we hugged; this sense of fort

remained there between us; unable to affect the adversaries circling us。

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I AM CALLED BLACK

Widowed; abandoned and aggrieved; my beloved Shekure fled with featherlike

steps; and I stood as if stunned in the stillness of the house of the Hanged Jew;

amid the aroma of almonds and dreams of marriage she’d left in her wake。 I

was  bewildered;  but  my  mind  was  churning  so  fast  it  almost  hurt。  Without

even  a  chance  to  grieve  properly  over  my  Enishte’s  death;  I  swiftly  returned

home。 On the one hand; a worm of doubt was gnawing at me: Was Shekure

using  me  as  a  pawn  in  a  grand  scheme;  was  she  duping  me?  On  the  other

hand; fantasies of a blissful marriage stubbornly played before my eyes。

After  making  conversation  with  my  landlady  who  interrogated  me  at  the

front  door  as  to  where  I’d  gone  and  whence  I  was  ing  at  this  morning

hour;  I  went  to  my  room  and  removed  the  twenty…two  Veian  gold  pieces

from  the  lining  of  the  sash  I’d  hidden  in  my  mattress;  placing  them  in  my

money  purse  with  trembling  fingers。  When  I  returned  to  the  street;  I  knew

immediately I’d see Shekure’s dark; teary; troubled eyes for the rest of the day。

I changed five of the Veian Lions at a perpetually smiling Jewish money

changer。 Next; deep in thought; I entered the neighborhood whose name I’ve

yet  to  mention  because  I’m  not  fond  of  it:  Yakutlar;  where  my  deceased

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