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Enishte and Shekure; along with her children; awaited me at their house。 As I

made  my  way  along  the  streets  almost  running;  a  tall  plane  tree  seemed  to

reproach me for being overjoyed by dreams and plans of marriage on the very

day my Enishte had passed away。 Next; as the ice had melted; a street fountain

hissed into my ear: “Don’t take matters too seriously; see to your own affairs

and your own happiness。” “That’s all fine and good;” objected an ill…omened

black  cat  licking  himself  on  the  corner;  “but  everybody;  yourself  included;

suspects you had a hand in your uncle’s murder。”

The cat left off licking himself as I suddenly caught sight of its bewitching

eyes。  I  don’t  have  to  tell  you  how  brazen  these  Istanbul  cats  get  when  the

locals spoil them。

I found the Imam Effendi; whose droopy eyelids and large black eyes gave

him  a  perpetually  sleepy  look;  not  at  his  house;  but  in  the  courtyard  of  the

neighborhood  mosque;  and  there  I  asked  him  quite  a  trivial  legal  question:

“When is one obligated to testify in court?” I raised my eyebrows as I listened

to his haughty answer as if I were hearing this information for the first time。

“Bearing  witness  is  optional  if  other  witnesses  are  present;”  explained  the

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Imam Effendi; “but; in situations where there was only one witness; it is the

will of God that one bear witness。”

“That’s  just  the  predicament  I  find  myself  in  now;”  I  said;  taking  up  the

conversation。  “In  a  situation  everyone  knows  about;  all  the  witnesses  have

shirked their responsibilities and avoided going to court with the excuse that

”it’s only voluntary;“ and as a result the pressing concerns of those I’m trying

to help are being pletely disregarded。”

“Well;” said the Imam Effendi; “why don’t you loosen your purse…strings a

little more?”

I  took  out  my  pouch  and  showed  him  the  Veian  gold  pieces  huddled

within:  The  broad  space  of  the  mosque  courtyard;  the  face  of  the  preacher;

everything  was  suddenly  illuminated  by  the  glimmer  of  gold。  He  asked  me

what my dilemma was all about。

I explained who I was。 “Enishte Effendi is ill;” I confided。 “Before he dies; he

wants his daughter’s widowhood certified and an alimony to be instituted。”

I didn’t even have to mention the proxy of the üsküdar judge。 The Imam

Effendi understood at once and said the entire neighborhood had long been

troubled over the fate of hapless Shekure; adding that the situation had already

persisted  too  long。  Instead  of  searching  for  a  second  witness  required  for  a

legal separation at the door of the üsküdar judge; the I

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