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pride。 “I want you all to see it as well。 Look here。”

Under the light of the oil lamp; I showed them the final picture; which I’d

taken  from  Enishte’s  house  the  day  I  killed  him。  At  first;  I  watched  their

curious  and  timid  expressions  as  they  looked  at  the  double…leaf  picture。  I

circled around and joined them; and I was ever so faintly trembling as I stared。

The lancing of my eyes; or perhaps a sudden rapture; made me feverish。

The  pictures  we  made  on  various  parts  of  the  two  pages  over  the  past

year—tree;  horse;  Satan;  Death;  dog  and  woman—were  arranged;  large  and

small; according to Enishte’s albeit inept new method of position; in such

a way that the dearly departed Elegant Effendi’s gilding and borders made us

feel we were no longer looking at a page from a book but at the world seen

through  a  window。  In  the  center  of  this  world;  where  Our  Sultan  should’ve

been;  was  my  own  portrait;  which  I  briefly  observed  with  pride。  I  was

somewhat unsatisfied with it because after laboring in vain for days; looking

into  a  mirror  and  erasing  and  reworking;  I  was  unable  to  achieve  a  good

resemblance; still; I felt unbridled elation because the picture not only situated

me  at  the  center  of  a  vast  world;  but  for  some  unaccountable  and  diabolic

reason; it made me appear more profound; plicated and mysterious than I

actually was。 I wanted only that my artist brethren recognize; understand and

share in my exuberance。 I was both the center of everything; like a sultan or a

king; and; at the same time; myself。 The situation fed my pride as it increased

my embarrassment。 Finally these two feelings balanced each other; and I was

able to relax and take dizzying pleasure in the picture。 But for this pleasure to

be  plete;  I  knew  every  mark  on  my  face  and  shirt;  all  of  the  wrinkles;

shadows; moles and boils; every detail from my whiskers to the weave of my

clothes and all their colors in all their shades had to be perfect; down to the

minutest details; as much as the skill of Frankish painters would allow。

I  noted  in  the  faces  of  my  old  panions  fear;  bewilderment  and  the

inescapable feeling devouring us all: jealousy。 Along with the angry revulsion

they felt toward a man hopelessly mired in sin; they were also envious。

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“During the nights I spent here staring at this picture by the light of an oil

lamp; I felt for the first time that God had forsaken me and only Satan would

befriend  me  in  my  isolation;”  I  said。  “I  know  that  even  if  I  were  truly  the

center  of  the  world—and  each  time  I  looked  at  the  picture  this  is  precisely

what  I  wanted—despite  the  splendor  of  the  red  that  ruled  the  painting;

despite being surrounded by all of these things I loved; including my dervish

panions  and  the  woman  who  resembled  beautiful  Shekure;  I’d  still  be

lonely。 I’m not afraid of possessing character and individuality; nor do I fear

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