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what was being enlarged through the lens。

The horse’s nose was peculiar: its nostrils。

“Do you see it?” said Master Osman。

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To be certain of what I saw; I thought I should center myself right behind

the lens。 When Master Osman did likewise; we met cheek to cheek just behind

the  lens  that  was  now  quite  a  distance  from  the  picture。  It  momentarily

alarmed me to feel the harshness of the master’s dry beard and the coolness of

his cheek on my face。

A  silence。  It  was  as  if  something  wondrous  were  happening  within  the

picture a handspan away from my weary eyes; and we were witnessing it with

respect and awe。

“What’s wrong with the nose?” I was able to whisper much later。

“He’s drawn the nose oddly;” said Master Osman without taking his eyes

off the page。

“Did his hand slip; perhaps? Is this a mistake?”

We were still examining the peculiar; unique rendering of the nose。

“Is  this  the  Veian…inspired  ”style‘  everyone;  the  great  masters  of  China

included; has begun talking about?“ asked Master Osman mockingly。

I succumbed to resentment; thinking that he was mocking my late Enishte:

“My Enishte; may he rest in peace; used to say that any fault arising not from

lack of ability or talent; but from the depths of the miniaturist’s soul; ought

not be deemed fault but style。”

However  it  came  about;  whether  by  the  miniaturist’s  own  hand  or  the

horse  itself;  there  was  no  clue  other  than  this  nose  as  to  the  identity  of  the

blackguard who murdered my Enishte。 For; let alone making out the nostrils;

we were having difficulty identifying the noses of the smudged horses on the

page found with poor Elegant Effendi。

We  spent  much  time  searching  for  horse  pictures  that  Master  Osman’s

beloved miniaturists had made for various books in recent years; looking for

the same irregularity in the horse’s nostrils。 Because the Book of Festivities; still

being  pleted;  depicted  the  societies  and  guilds  marching  on  foot  before

Our  Sultan;  there  were  few  horses  among  its  250  illustrations。  Men  were

dispatched  to  the  book…arts  workshop;  where  certain  figure  books;  some

notebooks of standard forms and newly finished volumes were stored; as well

as to the private rooms of the Sultan; and the harem so that they could bring

back any books that hadn’t been securely locked up and hidden in the palace

treasury; all of this; naturally; with the permission of Our Sultan。

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