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Orhan; I wasn’t awkward in my father’s embrace; like a fruit unaccustomed to

its tree。 I was delighted; I recalled how my father and I would often embrace;

sniffing  each  other’s  skin。  I  was  on  the  verge  of  tears;  but  restrained  myself。

Though I hadn’t planned to say anything of the sort; I said:

“e now; let’s hear you call Black ”Father。“”

The night was so cold and our courtyard was so very silent。 In the distance

dogs were barking and howling pitifully and sorrowfully。 A few more minutes

passed。 The silence bloomed and spread secretly like a black flower。

“All right; children;” I said much later。 “Let’s go inside so we all don’t catch

cold out here。”

It wasn’t only Black and I who felt the timidity of a bride and groom left

alone after the wedding; but Hayriye and the children; all of us; entered our

home hesitantly as though it were the darkened house of a stranger。 We were

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met with the smell of my father’s corpse; but nobody seemed to be aware of

it。 We silently climbed the stairs; and the shadows cast onto the ceiling by our

oil  lamps;  as  always;  spun  and  merged;  now  expanding;  now  shrinking;  yet

seemed  somehow  to  be  doing  so  for  the  first  time。  Upstairs;  as  we  were

removing our shoes in the hall; Shevket said:

“Before I go to sleep can I kiss my grandfather’s hand?”

“I checked in on him just now;” Hayriye said。 “Your grandfather is in such

pain and disfort it’s clear that evil spirits have taken hold of him。 The fever

of the illness has consumed him。 Go to your room so I can prepare your bed。”

Hayriye  herded  them  into  the  room。  As  she  laid  out  the  mattress  and

spread out the sheets and quilts; she was going on as if every object she held

was a marvel unique to the world; and muttering about how sleeping here in a

warm room between clean sheets and under warm down quilts would be like

spending the night in a sultan’s palace。

“Hayriye; tell us a story;” said Orhan as he sat on his chamber pot。

“Once  upon  a  time  there  was  a  blue  man;”  said  Hayriye;  “and  his  closest

panion was a jinn。”

“Why was the man blue?” said Orhan。

“For  goodness  sake;  Hayriye;”  I  said。  “Tonight  at  least  don’t  tell  a  story

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