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question again: “Do you feel the balance of my weight upon your body?”

“Aye。”

“Do you like it?” I said。 “Are we beautiful?” I asked。 “Are we as beautiful as

the   legendary   heroes   who   slay   each   other   with   such   elegance   in   the

masterpieces of the old masters?”

“I don’t know;” said Black; “I can’t see us in the mirror。”

When I imagined how my wife saw us from the other room in the light cast

by the coffeehouse’s oil lamp resting on the floor only a short distance away; I

thought I might actually bite Black’s ear out of excitement。

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“Black  Effendi;  you;  who  have  forced  your  way  into  my  home  and  have

disturbed my privacy; dagger in hand; in order to interrogate me;” I said; “do

you now feel my strength?”

“Yes; I also sense that you’re truly in the right。”

“Then proceed; once again; to ask me what you want to know。”

“Describe how Master Osman would caress you。”

“As an apprentice; I was much more lithe; delicate and beautiful than I am

now; and he would mount me then the way I have mounted you。 He would

caress my arms; at times he would even hurt me; but because I was in awe of

his  knowledge;  his  talent  and  strength;  what  he  did  pleased  me;  and  I  never

harbored any ill will toward him; because I loved him。 Loving Master Osman

enabled me to love art; colors; paper; the beauty of painting and illumination

and everything that was painted; and thereby to love the world itself and God。

Master Osman is more than a father to me。”

“Would he beat you often?” he asked。

“In the role of a father; he beat me with an appropriate sense of justice; as a

master;  he  beat  me  painfully  so  that  I  might  learn  from  the  punishment。

Thanks to the pain and the fear of a ruler whacking my fingernails I learned

many things better and faster than I would’ve alone。 So he wouldn’t grab me

by my hair and bang my head against the wall when I was an apprentice; I’d

never  spill  paint;  never  waste  his  gold  orize;  for

example;  the  curve  of  a  horse’s  foreleg;  cover  up  the  mistakes  of  the  master

limner;  clean  my  brushes  regularly  and  focus  my  attention  and  spirit  on  the

page before me。 Since I owe my talent and mastery to the beatings I received; I;

in turn; beat my own apprentices without a guilty conscience。 What’s more; I

know that even a beating given without just cause; if it doesn’t break the spirit

of the apprentice; will ultimately benefit him。”

“Even  so;  you  understand  that  while  drubbing  a  handsome…faced;  sweet…

eyed;  angelic  apprentice;  now  and  then;  you  get  carried  away  by  the  sheer

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