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by rote。 As he was drawing the horse; which he’d seen thousands of times in

scenes of love and war; my Enishte; inspired by the methods of the Veian

masters;  had  probably  instructed  the  illustrator;  for  example;  he  might  have

said; “Forget about the rider; draw a tree there。 But draw it in the background;

on a smaller scale。”

The illustrator; who came at night; would sit before his work desk together

with  my  Enishte;  eagerly  drawing  by  candlelight  an  odd;  unconventional

picture  that  didn’t  resemble  any  of  the  usual  scenes  to  which  he  was

accustomed and had memorized。 Of course; my Enishte paid him handsomely

for  each  drawing;  but  frankly;  this  peculiar  method  of  drawing  also  had  its

charms。  However;  as  with  my  Enishte;  after  a  while;  the  illustrator  could  no

longer  determine  which  story  the  illustration  was  intended  to  enhance  and

plete。  What  my  Enishte  expected  of  me  was  that  I  examine  these

illustrations  made  in  half…Veian;  half…Persian  mode  and  write  a  story

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suitable to acpany them on the opposite page。 If I hoped to get Shekure; I

absolutely  had  to  write  these  stories;  but  all  that  came  to  mind  were  the

stories the storyteller told at the coffeehouse。

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I WILL BE CALLED A MURDERER

Ticking away; my windup clock told me it was evening。 The prayers had yet to

be  called;  but  long  before;  I’d  lit  the  candle  resting  beside  my  folding

pleted  drawing  an  opium  addict  from  memory;

having dipped my reed pen into black Hasan Pasha ink and skated it over well…

burnished and beautifully sized paper; when I heard that voice calling me out

to the street as it did every night。 I resisted。 I was so determined not to go; but

to stay at home and work; I even tried nailing my door shut for a time。

This  book  I  was  hastily  pleting  was  missioned  by  an  Armenian

who’d  e  all  the  way  from  Galata;  knocking  on  my  door  this  morning

before  anyone  had  risen。  The  man;  an  interpreter  and  guide;  though  he

stuttered;  hunted  me  down  whenever  a  Frank  or  Veian  traveler  wanted  a

“book of costumes” and engaged me in a bout of vicious bargaining。 Having

agreed  that  mor

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