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the   shutters   so   her   shouts   could   be   better   heard   throughout   the

neighborhood。

I left the room to join her。 We both tried to force the window。 With a final

bined effort; the shutters came loose and fell into the courtyard。 Sunlight

and  cold  struck  our  faces  and  we  were  stunned  momentarily。  Shekure

screamed; crying her heart out。

Enishte Effendi’s death; once announced by her cries; turned into a much

more tragic and agonizing pain。 Whether sincere or feigned; my wife’s crying

tormented  me。  Unexpectedly;  I  began  to  weep。  I  didn’t  even  know  if  I  was

crying  sincerely  out  of  grief  or  was  merely  pretending  for  fear  of  being  held

responsible for my Enishte’s death。

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“He’s gone; gone; gone; my dear father’s gone!” cried Shekure。

My sobs and laments mimicked hers; though I didn’t exactly know what I

was saying。 I was worried about how I looked to the neighbors staring at us

from their houses; from behind cracked doors and between shutter slats; and

wondered  how  fitting  my  behavior  was。  As  I  cried;  I  felt  purged  of  doubts

about whether my agony was genuine; of apprehensions about being accused

of murder and of the fear of Hasan and his men。

Shekure was mine and it was as if I were celebrating with shouts and tears。 I

drew my sobbing wife close to me; and without paying any heed to the tearful

children approaching us; I lovingly kissed her cheek and inhaled the scent of

the almond trees of our youth。

Together  with  the  children;  we  walked back  to  where  the  body  lay。  I  said;

“La ilahe illallah; there is no God but Allah” as though addressing not a reeking

two…day…old corpse but a dying man whom I wanted to reaffirm the words of

witness; I wanted my Enishte to go to Heaven with these words on his lips。 We

pretended that he’d repeated them; and smiled for a moment as we gazed at

his nearly destroyed face and battered head。 I opened my palms to Heaven and

recited  from  the  “Ya  Sin”  chapter  while  the  others  listened  quietly。  With  a

clean piece of gauze that Shekure brought into the room; we carefully bound

my  Enishte’s  mouth  shut;  tenderly  closed  his  ravaged  eyes  and  gently  rolled

him  over  onto  his  right  side;  arranging  his  head  so  it  faced  Mecca。  Shekure

spread a clean white sheet over her father。

I was pleased that the children were watching everything so intensely and

by the quiet that followed the wailing。 I felt like somebody with a real wife and

children; with a hearth and home。

One  by  one;  I  collected  the  pictures  into  a  portfolio;  donned  my  heavy

caftan  and  hastily  fled  the  house。  I  headed  directly  for  the  neighborhood

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