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fortune  that  alighted  upon  my  head  these  last  two  days  after  years  of

deprivation  aren’t  proof  enough;  surely  the  silver  coin  I  found  outside  the

courtyard gate must be some indication。

Awaiting my torture; I was forted by the silver coin and had plete

faith  it  would  protect  me;  I  palmed  it;  rubbed  it  and  repeatedly  kissed  this

token  of  good  fortune  that  Allah  had  sent  me。  But  at  whatever  time  they

removed me from the darkness and brought me into the next room where I

saw  the  mander  of  the  Imperial  Guard  and  his  bald…headed  Croatian

torturers;  I  knew  the  silver  coin  was  worthless。  The  pitiless  voice  within  me

was absolutely correct: The coin in my pocket hadn’t e from God; but was

one of those that I’d showered Shekure with two days ago—that the children

overlooked。  Hence;  in  the  hands  of  my  torturers;  I  had  nothing  in  which  to

take refuge。

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I didn’t even notice that tears began to fall from my eyes。 I wanted to beg;

but as in a dream; no sound issued from my mouth。 I knew from wars; deaths

and political assassination and torture (which I’d witnessed from afar) that life

could  be  extinguished  instantaneously;  but  I’d  never  experienced  it  this

closely。 They were going to strip me from this world just as they’d stripped off

my garments。

They took off my vest and shirt。 One of the executioners sat on me; driving

his knees into my shoulders。 Another placed a cage over my head with all the

practiced elegance of a woman preparing food and began slowly turning the

screw  at  its  front。  Nay;  it  wasn’t  a  cage;  but  rather  a  vise  that  gradually

squeezed my head。

I screamed at the top of my lungs。 I begged; but incoherently。 I cried; mostly

because my nerves had given out。

They  stopped  momentarily  and  asked:  “Were  you  the  one  who  killed

Enishte Effendi?”

I took a deep breath: “Nay。”

They began to tighten the vise again。 It was excruciating。

They asked again。

“Nay。”

“Who then?”

“I don’t know!”

I  wondered  if  I  should  just  tell  them  I’d  killed  him。  The  world  spun

pleasantly about my head。 I was overe with reluctance。 I asked myself if I

were growing accustomed to the pain。 My executioners and I stayed still for a

moment。 I felt no pain; I was simply

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