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to the house and I told him。

No matter how rushed a wedding might be—even one that the groom has

dreamed  about  for  twelve  years—what  could  be  more  natural  than  his

forgetting his worries and troubles and surrendering to the affectionate hands

and gentle banter of a barber for a prenuptial shave and haircut? The barber’s;

where my feet took me; was located near the market; on the street of the run…

down house in Aksaray; which my late Enishte; my aunt and fair Shekure had

quitted years after our childhood。 This was the barber I’d faced five days ago;

my first day back。 When I entered he embraced me and as any good Istanbul

barber  would  do;  rather  than  asking  where  the  last  dozen  years  had  gone;

launched  into  the  latest  neighborhood  gossip;  concluding  the  conversation

with  an  allusion  to  the  place  we  would  all  go  at  the  end  of  this  meaningful

journey called life。

The master barber had aged。 The straight…edged razor he held in his freckled

hand trembled as he made it dance across my cheek。 He’d given himself over

to  drinking  and  had  taken  on  a  pink…plexioned;  full…lipped;  green…eyed

boy…apprentice—who  looked  upon  his  master  with  awe。  pared  with

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twelve  years  ago;  the  shop  was  cleaner  and  more  orderly。  After  filling  the

hanging  basin;  which  hung  from  the  ceiling  on  a  new  chain;  with  boiling

water; he carefully washed my hair and face with water from the brass faucet

at the bottom of the basin。 The old broad basins were newly tinned with no

signs  of  rust;  the  heating  braziers  were  clean;  and  the  agate…handled  razors

were sharp。 He wore an immaculate silk waistcoat; something he was loath to

wear twelve years ago。 I assumed that the elegant apprentice; tall for his age

and of slender build; had helped bring some order to the shop and its owner;

and surrendering myself to the soapy; rose…scented and steamy pleasures of a

shave;  I  couldn’t  help  thinking  how  marriage  not  only  brought  new  vitality

and prosperity to a bachelor’s home; but to his work and his shop as well。

I’m not certain how much time had passed。 I melted into the warmth of

the brazier that gently heated the small shop and the barber’s adept fingers。

With  life  having  suddenly  presented  me  the  greatest  of  gifts  today;  as  if  for

free;  and  after  so  much  suffering;  I  felt  a  profound  thanks  toward  exalted

Allah。  I  felt  an  intense  curiosity;  wondering  out  of  what  mysterious  balance

this world of His had emerged; and I felt sadness and pity for Enishte; who lay

dead in the house where; a while later; I would bee master。 I was readying

myself to spring into action when there was a motion at the always…open

door of the barbershop: Shevket!

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