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dangerous。 Since he was enough of a dolt to listen earnestly to the drivel of

that  foolish  preacher  from  Erzurum—unfortunately;  masters  of  gilding;

though  closer  to  God  than  painters;  are  also  boring  and  stupid—and

moreover; because he knew your silly Enishte’s book was an important project

of the Sultan; his fears and doubts clashed: Should he believe in his Sultan or

in the preacher from Erzurum? Any other time this unfortunate child; whom I

knew like the back of my hand; would’ve e to me about a dilemma that

was eating away at him。 But even he; with his bird brain; knew very well that

the act of gilding for your Enishte; that mimic of the Franks; amounted to a

betrayal of me and our guild; and so he sought another confidant。 He confided

in  the  wily  and  ambitious  Stork  and  made  the  mistake  of  letting  himself  be

awed by the intellect and morality of a man whose talent impressed him。 I’ve

seen  plenty  of  times  how  Stork  manipulated  Elegant  Effendi  by  taking

advantage  of  the  poor  gilder’s  admiration。  Whatever  argument  took  place

between  them;  it  resulted  in  Elegant  Effendi’s  murder  at  Stork’s  hands。  And

since the deceased long ago confided his worries to the Erzurumis; they; in a

fit  of  vengeance  and  to  demonstrate  their  power;  went  on  to  kill  your

Frankophile  Enishte;  whom  they  held  responsible  for  the  death  of  their

panion。 I can’t say that I’m all that sorry about the whole matter。 Years

ago; your Enishte duped Our Sultan into having a Veian painter—his name

was Sebastiano—make a portrait of His Excellency in the Frankish style as if He

were  an  infidel  king。  Not  satisfied  with  that;  in  a  disgraceful  affront  to  my

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dignity; he had this shameful work given to me as a model to be copied; and

out of dire fear of Our Sultan; I dishonorably copied that picture which was

made using infidel methods。 Had I not been forced to do that; perhaps I could

grieve for your Enishte; and today help find the scoundrel who killed him。 But

my  concern  is  not  for  your  Enishte;  it’s  for  my  workshop。  Your  Enishte  is

responsible  for  the  way  my  master  miniaturists—whom  I  love  more  than  if

they were my own children; whom I trained with doting attention for twenty…

five  years—betrayed  me  and  our  entire  artistic  tradition;  he’s  to  blame  for

their enthusiastic imitation of European masters with the justification that ”it

is the will of Our Sultan。“ Each of those disgraceful masters deserves nothing

but torture! If we; the society of miniaturists; learn to serve foremost our own

talent and art instead of Our Sultan who provides us with work; we shall have

earned  entry  through  the  Gates  of  Heaven。  Now  then;  I’d  like  to  study  this

book alone。”

Master

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