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tempting me and I was; furthermore; curious。”

“Everybody secretly desires to have a style;” said Black smartly。 “Everybody

also desires to have his portrait made; just as Our Sultan did。”

“Is this affliction impossible to resist?” I said。 “As this plague spreads; none

of us will be able to stand against the methods of the Europeans。”

No one was listening to me; however。 Black was recounting the story of a

sad  Turkmen  chieftain  who  was  sent  off  on  a  twelve…year  exile  to  China

because  he’d  prematurely  expressed  his  love  for  the  daughter  of  the  shah。

Since  he  didn’t  have  a  portrait  of  his  beloved;  of  whom  he  dreamed  for  a

dozen  years;  he  forgot  her  face  amid  the  Chinese  beauties;  and  his  lovelorn

suffering was transformed into a profound trial willed by Allah。

“Thanks  to  your  Enishte;  we’ve  all  learned  the  meaning  of  ”portrait;“”  I

said。 “God willing; one day; we’ll fearlessly tell the story of our own lives the

way we actually live them。”

“All fables are everybody’s fables;” said Black。

“All illumination is God’s illumination too;” I said; pleting the verse by

the  poet  Hatifi  of  Herat。  “But  as  the  methods  of  the  Europeans  spread;

everyone will consider it a special talent to tell other men’s stories as if they

were one’s own。”

“This is nothing but the will of Satan。”

“Unhand me now;” I shouted。 “Let me look upon the world one last time。”

They were terrified; and a new confidence rose within me。

“Will you take out the final picture?” Black said。

I gave Black such a look that he was quick to understand I’d do so and he

released me。 My heart began to beat rapidly。

I’m certain you’ve long ago discovered my identity; which I’ve been trying

to conceal。 Even so; don’t be surprised that I’m behaving like the old masters

of Herat; for they would conceal their signatures not to hide their identities;

but out of principle and respect for their masters。 Excitedly; I walked through

the pitch…black rooms of the lodge; oil lamp in hand; making way for my own

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pale shadow。 Had the curtain of blackness begun to fall over my eyes; or were

these  rooms  and  hallways  truly  this  dark?  How  many  days  and  weeks;  how

much time did I have before going blind? My shadow and I stopped among

the ghosts in the kitchen and lifted up the pages from the clean corner of a

dusty  cabi  before  quickly  heading  back。  Black  had  followed  me  as  a

precaution;  but  he’d  neglected  to  bring  his  dagger。  Would  I;  perchance;

consider taking up that dagger and blinding him before I myself went blind?

“I’m pleased that I will see this once again before going blind;” I said with

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