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them believe they’re innocent because they haven’t yet had the opportunity to

snuff out a life。 It’s hard to believe that most men are more moral or better

than me simply on account of some minor twist of fate。 At most; they wear

somewhat  stupider  expressions  because  they  haven’t  yet  killed;  and  like  all

fools; they appear to have good intentions。 After I took care of that pathetic

man; wandering the streets of Istanbul for four days was enough to confirm

that everyone with a gleam of cleverness in his eye and the shadow of his soul

cast across his face was a hidden assassin。 Only imbeciles are innocent。

Tonight;  for  example;  while  warming  up  with  a  steaming  coffee  at  the

coffeehouse located in the back streets of the slave market; gazing at the sketch

of  a  dog  hanging  on  the  back  wall;  I  was  gradually  forgetting  my  plight  and

laughing with the rest of them at everything the dog recounted。 Then; I had

the  sensation  that  one  of  the  men  beside  me  was  a  mon  murderer  like

myself。 Though he was simply laughing at the storyteller as I was; my intuition

was  sparked;  either  by  the  way  his  arm  rested  near  mine  or  by  the  way  he

restlessly  rapped  his  fingers  on  his  cup。  I’m  not  sure  how  I  knew;  but  I

suddenly  turned  and  looked  him  directly  in  the  eye。  He  gave  a  start  and  his

face contorted。 As the crowd dispersed; an acquaintance of his took him by the

arm and said; “Nusret Hoja’s men will surely raid this place。”

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Raising an eyebrow; he signaled the man quiet。 Their fear infected me。 No

one trusted anyone; everyone expected to be done in at any moment by the

man next to him。

It  had  bee  even  colder;  and  snow  had  accumulated  on  street  corners

and at the bases of walls。 In the blindness of night; I could find my way along

the narrow streets only by groping with my hands。 At times; the dim light of

an oil lamp still burning somewhere inside a wooden house filtered out from

behind  blackened  windows  and  drawn  shutters;  reflecting  on  the  snow;  but

mostly; I could see nothing; and found my way by listening for the sounds of

watchmen banging their sticks on stones; for the howling of mad dogs; or the

sounds ing from houses。 At times the narrow and dreadful streets of the

city seemed to be lit up by a wondrous light ing from the snow itself; and

in  the  darkness;  amid  the  ruins  and  trees;  I  thought  I  spotted  one  of  those

ghosts that have made Istanbul such an ominous place for thousands of years。

From  within  houses;  now  and  again;  I  heard  the  noises  of  miserable  people

having coughing fits or snorting or wailing as they cried out in their dreams;

or  I  heard  the  shouts  of  husbands  and  wives  as  they  tried  to  strangle  each

other; their children sobbing at their feet。

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