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had  been  mitted  against  someone  with  a  link  to  the  miniaturists  guild;

making suspects of them all; from apprentice to master。”

I mulled this over silently: 1。 The phrase “lawfully permissible” made clear

that Our Sultan wasn’t the one who’d granted the permission for torture。 2。

Because all the miniaturists were under suspicion of double murder in the eyes

of  the  judge;  and  because  I;  though  Head  Illuminator;  had  been  unable  to

identify  the  criminal  in  our  midst;  I;  too;  was  suspect。  3。  I  understood  that

they wanted my explicit or implicit approval to go ahead with the torture of

my beloved Butterfly; Olive; Stork and the others; all of whom; in recent years;

had betrayed me。

“Since  Our  Sultan  desires  both  the  satisfactory  pletion  of  the  Book  of

Festivities and this book—which is evidently only half finished;” said the Head

Treasurer; “we’re worried that torture might damage the masters’ hands and

eyes; destroying their agility。” He faced me。 “Isn’t this so?”

“There   was   similar   worry   over   another   incident   recently;”   said   the

mander brusquely。 “A goldsmith and a jeweler who did repairs fell sway

to the Devil。 They were childishly enchanted with a ruby…handled coffee cup

belonging  to  Our  Sultan’s  younger  sister  Nejmiye  Sultan;  and  ended  up

stealing it。 Since the theft of the cup; which overwhelmed Our Sultan’s sister

with grief—she was quite fond of the piece—occurred in the üsküdar Palace;

the Sovereign appointed me to investigate。 It became apparent that both Our

Sultan and Nejmiye Sultan wanted no harm to e to the eyes and fingers of

the master gold… and jewelry smiths lest their skills be affected。 So; I had all

the master jewelry smiths stripped naked and thrown into the freezing pool in

the yard among pieces of ice and frogs。 Periodically; I’d have them taken out

and  lashed  forcefully;  taking  care  that  their  faces  and  hands  remained

unharmed。 Within a short period; the jeweler who’d been duped by the Devil

confessed and accepted his punishment。 Despite the ice…cold water; the frozen

air and all the lashings; no lasting injury came to the eyes and fingers of the

master jewelers because they were pure of heart。 Even the Sultan mentioned

that  His  sister  was  quite  pleased  with  my  work  and  that  the  jewelers  were

working with more zeal now that the bad apple was out of the barrel。”

I was certain that the mander would treat my master illustrators more

severely  than  he  had  the  jewelers。  Though  he  had  respect  for  Our  Sultan’s

enthusiasm   for   illuminated   manuscripts;   like   many   others;   he   deemed

calligraphy  the  only  respectable  art  form;  belittling  embellishment  and

illustration as flirtations with heresy; fit for women and deserving of nothing

but rebuke。 In order to provoke me; he said; “While you’ve been absorbed in

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