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第32部分(第4页)

To avoid getting into it with the blind man; I walked down the other end of

the street and thus happened to pass through the Chicken Market early in the

morning。  Why  don’t  Muslims  eat  the  heads  and  feet  of  chickens?  Because

they’re so strange! My grandmother; may she rest in peace; would tell me how

chicken  feet  were  so  inexpensive  when  her  family  arrived  here  from  Portugal

that she’d boil them for food。

At  Kemeraral?k;  I  saw  a  woman  on  horseback  with  her  slaves;  sitting  bolt

upright  like  a  man。  She  was  proud  as  proud  could  be;  maybe  the  wife  of  a

pasha  or  his  rich  daughter。  I  sighed。  If  Shekure’s  father  hadn’t  been  so

absentmindedly  devoted  to  books;  if  her  husband  had  returned  from  the

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Safavid war with his plunder; Shekure might’ve lived like this haughty woman。

More than anyone; she deserved it。

When I turned onto Black’s street; my heart quickened。 Did I want Shekure

to  marry  this  man?  I’ve  succeeded  both  in  keeping  Shekure  involved  with

Hasan  and;  at  the  same  time;  in  keeping  them  apart。  But  what  about  this

Black?  He  seems  to  have  both  feet  on  the  ground  in  all  respects  except  with

regard to his love for Shekure。

“Clothierrrrr!”

There’s  nothing  I’d  trade  for  the  pleasure  of  delivering  letters  to  lovers

addled by loneliness or the lack of wife or husband。 Even if they’re certain of

receiving the worst news; when they’re about to read the letter; a shudder of

hope overes them。

By  not  mentioning  anything  about  her  husband’s  return;  by  tying  her

warning “Don’t get your hopes up” to one condition alone; Shekure had; of

course; given Black more than just cause to be hopeful。 With great pleasure; I

watched him read the letter。 He was so happy he was distraught; afraid even。

When he withdrew to write his response; I; being a sensible clothes peddler;

spread open my decoy “delivery” satchel and withdrew from it a dark money

purse; which I attempted to sell to Black’s nosy landlady。

“This is made of the best Persian velvet;” I said。

“My son died at war in Persia;” she said。 “Whose letters do you deliver to

Black?”

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