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all  feel  the  same  way:  In  one  last  desperate  hope;  and  without  caring  how

ic and foolish we might appear; we pray that everything might continue as

it always has。

“Let’s continue to illustrate our book;” I said。 “Let everything continue as it

always has。”

“There’s  a  murderer  among  the  miniaturists。  I  am  continuing  my  work

with Black Effendi。”

Was he provoking me to kill him?

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“Where is Black now?” I asked。 “Where is your daughter and her children?”

I sensed that some other power had placed these words into my mouth; yet

I  couldn’t  restrain  myself。  There  was  no  longer  any  way  for  me  to  be  happy

and  hopeful。  I  could  only  be  smart  and  sarcastic。  Behind  these  two  always

entertaining  jinns—intelligence  and  sarcasm—I  sensed  the  presence  of  the

Devil;  who  controlled  them;  overing  me。  At  the  same  moment;  the

accursed dogs beyond the gate began to howl madly as if they’d tracked the

scent of blood。

Had I lived this exact moment long ago? In a distant city; at a time which

now seemed far from me; as a snow that I couldn’t see fell; by the light of a

candle; I was attempting to explain through tears that I was entirely innocent

to a crotchety old dotard; who’d accused me of stealing paint。 Back then; just

as now; dogs began to howl as if they’d smelled blood。 And I understood from

Enishte  Effendi’s  great  chin;  befitting  an  evil  old  man;  and  from  his  eyes;

which  he  was  finally  able  to  fix  mercilessly  into  mine;  that  he  intended  to

crush  me。  I  recalled  this  tattered  memory  from  when  I  was  a  ten…year…old

miniaturist’s  apprentice  like  a  picture  whose  outlines  are  clear  but  whose

colors have faded。 Thus was I living the present as though it were a distinct but

faded memory。

So; as I arose and circled behind Enishte Effendi; lifting that new; huge and

heavy bronze inkpot from among the familiar glass; porcelain and crystal ones

that  rested  on  his  worktable;  the  hardworking  miniaturist  within  me—that

Master Osman had instilled in us all—was illustrating what I did and what I

saw in distinct yet faded colors; not as something I was experiencing now but

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