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第93部分(第3页)

Osman  preferred  Butterfly)  he  was  prepared  to  try  anything  to  increase  his

chances。  I  was  momentarily  confused。  Listening  to  the  rain;  I  deliberated  at

length。 Next; like a man who breaks away from the crowd and struggles to give

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his petition to the sovereign and grand vizier as they pass on horseback; I had

the  sudden  inspiration  to  endear  myself  to  Stork  and  Black。  Leading  them

through  a  dark  hallway  and  large  portal;  I  took  them  to  a  frightening  room

that was once the kitchen。 I asked them if they were able to find anything here

among the ruins。 Of course; they hadn’t。 There was no trace of the kettles; the

pots  and  pans  and  the  bellows  that  were  once  used  to  prepare  food  for  the

forsaken and the poor。 I never even attempted to clean up this ghastly room

covered in cobwebs; dust; mud; debris and the excrement of dogs and cats。 As

always;  a  strong  wind;  rising  up  as  if  out  of  nowhere;  dimmed  the  lamp—

making our shadows now lighter; now darker。

“You  searched  and  searched  but  you  couldn’t  find  my  hidden  treasure;”  I

said。

Out  of  habit;  I  used  the  back  of  my  hand  as  a  broom  to  sweep  away  the

ashes in what used to be a hearth and when an old stove emerged; I lifted up

its iron lid with a creak。 I held the lamp to the small mouth of the stove。 I shall

never forget how Stork leapt forward and greedily grabbed the leather pouches

within before Black could act。 He was about to open the pouches right there in

the mouth of the oven; but as I had returned to the large salon; followed by

Black  who  was  afraid  of  remaining  here;  Stork  bounded  after  us  on  his  long

thin legs。

When they saw that one pouch contained a pair of clean woolen socks; my

drawstring trousers; my red underwear; the nicest of my undershirts; my silk

shirt;   my   straight   razor;   my   b   and   other   belongings;   they   were

momentarily at a loss。 Out of the other pouch; which Black opened; emerged

fifty…three  Veian  gold  coins;  pieces  of  gold  leaf  that  I’d  stolen  from  the

workshop  in  recent  years;  my  sketchbook  of  model  forms  which  I  concealed

from  everybody;  more  stolen  gold  leaf  hidden  between  the  pages;  indecent

pictures—some of which I’d drawn myself and some I’d collected—a keepsake

agate ring from my dear mother along with a lock of her white hair; and my

best pens and brushes。

“If I were truly a murderer as you suspect;” I said with stupid pride; “the

final picture would’ve emerged from my secret treasury; not these things。”

“Why these things?” asked Stork。

“When  the  Imperial  Guard  searched  my  house;  as  they  did  yours;  they

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