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dagger; then inserting it into the space between door and jamb and levering it

with  all  our  weight;  we  broke  the  lock。  We  were  met  by  the  stench  of

dampness; dirt and loneliness; which had accumulated over years。 By the light

of  the  lamp;  we  noticed  an  unmade  bed;  sashes  tossed  randomly  upon

cushions;    vests;    two    turbans;    undershirts;    Nimetullah    Effendi    the

Nakshibendi’s Persian dictionary; a wooden turban stand; broadcloth; needle

and  thread;  a  small  copper  pan  full  of  apple  peels;  quite  a  few  cushions;  a

velvet bedspread; his paints; his brushes and all of his supplies。 I was on the

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verge  of  rifling  through  the  writing  paper;  the  layer  upon  layer  of  carefully

trimmed Hindustan paper; and the illuminated pages on his small desk; but I

restrained  myself  both  because  Black  was  more  enthusiastic  than  I;  and

because  I  knew  full  well  how  a  master  miniaturist  would  incur  nothing  but

bad luck if he went through the belongings of a less talented miniaturist。 Olive

is not as talented as is assumed; he’s merely eager。 He tries to cover up for his

lack of talent with adoration of the old masters。 The old legends; however; only

rouse an artist’s imagination; it’s the hand that does the painting。

As Black was searching meticulously through all the chests and boxes; going

as far as to check the bottoms of laundry baskets; without touching anything I

glanced at Olive’s Bursa towels; his ebony b; his dirty bath hand towel; his

rosewater bottles; a ridiculous waist cloth with an Indian block…print pattern;

quilted jackets; a heavy; dirty women’s robe with a slit; a dented copper tray;

filthy carpets and other furnishings too cheap and slovenly for the money he

earned。  Olive  was  either  very  stingy  and  salting  his  money  away  or  he  was

squandering it somehow…

“The house of a murderer; precisely;” I said later。 “There isn’t even a prayer

rug。”  But  this  wasn’t  what  I  was  thinking。  I  concentrated。  “These  are  the

belongings of a man who doesn’t know how to be happy…” I said。 Yet; in a

corner  of  my  mind;  I  thought  sadly  about  how  misery  and  proximity  to  the

Devil nursed painting。

“Despite  knowing  what  it  takes  to  be  content;  a  man  might  still  be

unhappy;” said Black。

He placed before me a series of pictures drawn on coarse Samarkand paper;

backed with heavy sheets; which he’d removed from the depths of a chest。 We

studied  the  pictures:  a  delightful  Satan  all  the  way  from  Khorasan  that  had

emerged from beneath the ground; a tree; a beautiful woman; a dog and the

picture  of  Death  I  myself  had  drawn。  These  were  the  illustrations  that  the

murdered storyteller hung up each night he told one of his disgraceful stories。

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