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Kazvin quit what they were doing and flocked to his palace。

As he told me all of this; he pleasantly interjected other stories as well; for

example; he described with a smile the entertaining story of a Mehdi forgery

or  the  frenzy  that  erupted  among  the  Uzbeks  when  the  idiot  prince  sent  to

them by the Safavids as a hostage to peace fell feverishly ill and dropped dead

within three days。 Even so; I could tell from the shadow that fell across his face

that the dilemma to which neither of us referred; but which troubled us both;

had yet to be resolved。

Naturally; Black; like every young man who frequented our house or heard

what others had to say about us; or who knew about my beautiful daughter;

Shekure; from hearsay; had fallen in love with her。 Perhaps I didn’t consider it

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dangerous  enough  to  warrant  my  attention  back  then;  but  everyone—

including many who’d never laid eyes on her—fell in love with my daughter;

that belle of belles。 Black’s affliction was the overwhelming passion of an ill…

fated youth who had free access to our house; who was accepted and well liked

in our home and who had the opportunity actually to see Shekure。 He did not

bury  his  love;  as  I  hoped  he  would;  but  made  the  mistake  of  revealing  his

extreme passion to my daughter。

As a result; he pletely。

I  assumed  that  Black  now  also  knew  how  three  years  after  he’d  left

Istanbul;  my  daughter  married  a  spahi  cavalryman;  at  the  height  of  her

loveliness; and that this soldier; having fathered two boys but still bereft of any

mon sense; had gone off on a campaign never to return again。 No one had

heard from the cavalryman in four years。 I gathered he was aware of this; not

only  because  such  gossip  spreads  fast  in  Istanbul;  but  because  during  the

silences that passed between us; I felt he’d learned the whole story long ago;

judging by the way he looked into my eyes。 Even at this moment; as he casts

an  eye  at  the  Book  of  the  Soul;  which  stands  open  on  the  folding  X…shaped

reading  stand;  I  know  he’s  listening  for  the  sounds  of  her  children  running

through the house; I know he’s aware that my daughter has returned here to

her father’s house with her two sons。

I’ve  neglected  to  mention  the  new  house  I  had  built  in  Black’s  absence。

Most  likely;  Black;  like  any  young  fellow  who’d  set  his  mind  to  being  a

man of wealth and prestige; considered it quite discourteous to broach such a

subject。  Still;  when  we  entered;  I  told  him  on  the  staircase  that  the  second

floor was always less humid; and that moving upstairs had served to ease the

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