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shamelessly  pilfered  two  of  these  gold  pieces  that  I’ve  spent  my  entire  life

collecting。  I  thought  about  how  we’d  be  searched  again  on  account  of  this

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wretched  murderer—and  I  was  right。  If  that  last  picture  were  with  me;  it

would be here。”

It was a mistake to utter this last sentence; nevertheless; I could sense that

they  were  put  at  ease  and  no  longer  afraid  that  I’d  strangle  them  in  a  dark

corner of the lodge。 Have I gained your trust as well?

At  this  time;  however;  I  was  overwhelmed  by  a  severe  restlessness;  no;  it

wasn’t  that  my  illuminator  friends;  whom  I’d  known  since  childhood;  saw

how  I’d  been  greedily  squirreling  money  away  for  years;  how  I  bought  and

saved  gold;  or  even  that  they  learned  about  my  sketchbooks  and  obscene

pictures。  In  truth;  I  regretted  having  shown  them  all  of  these  things  in  a

moment of panic。 Only the mysteries of a man lessly could

be exposed so easily。

“Noheless;” said Black much later; “we must e to a consensus about

what  we  will  say  under  torture  if  Master  Osman  happens  to  turn  us  over

without any forewarning。”

A  hollowness  and  depression  descended  upon  us。  In  the  pale  light  of  the

lamp; Stork and Butterfly were staring at the vulgar pictures in my sketchbook。

They displayed an air of plete indifference; in fact; they were even happy in

some horrid way。 I had a strong urge to look at the picture—I could very well

surmise  which  one  it  was;  I  rose  and  circled  around  behind  them;  gazing

silently at the obscene picture I’d painted; thrilled as though I were recalling a

now  distant  yet  blissful  memory。  Black  joined  us。  For  whatever  reason;  that

the four of us were looking at that illustration relieved me。

“Could the blind and the seeing ever be equal?” said Stork much later。 Was

he implying that even though what we saw was obscene; the pleasure of sight

that Allah had bestowed upon us was glorious? Nay; what would Stork know

of such matters? He never read the Koran。 I knew that the old masters of Herat

would  frequently  recite  this  verse。  The  great  masters  used  this  verse  as  a

response  to  enemies  of  painting  who  warned  that  illustrating  was  forbidden

by our faith and that painters would be sent to Hell on Judgment Day。 Until

that magical moment; however; I’d never even once heard from Butterfly those

words that now emerged from his mouth as if on their own:

“I’d like to depict how the blind and

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