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Black at the end of the street。 He’d just e from the burial of his father…in…

law; and I could tell from his beaming face that this new husband was quite

pleased  with  his  life。  In  order  not  to  dampen  his  spirits;  I  left  the  street;

entered the vegetable rows and passed through the garden of the house where

the brother of the lover of the famous Jewish doctor Moshe Hamon had lived

before he was hanged。 This garden; which recalled death; always brought such

great  sadness  upon  me  when  I  walked  through  it  that  I  invariably  forgot  I’d

been charged to find a buyer for the property。

The  air  of  death  was  also  in  Elegant  Effendi’s  house;  though  for  me  it

provoked  no  sadness。  I  was  Esther;  a  woman  who  went  in  and  out  of

thousands  of  homes  and  was  acquainted  with  hundreds  of  widows;  I  knew

that  women  who  lost  their  husbands  early  were  spellbound  either  by  defeat

and  misery  or  anger  and  rebellion  (although  Shekure  had  suffered  all  these

afflictions)。 Kalbiye had partaken of the poison of anger and I fast realized that

this would serve to hasten my work。

As  with  all  conceited  women  to  whom  life  has  been  cruel;  Kalbiye  quite

rightly suspected that all her visitors came to pity her in her darkest hour; or

even  worse;  to  witness  her  agony  and  secretly  rejoice  in  their  own  better

situations;  thus;  she  engaged  in  no  pleasantries  with  her  guests;  but  went

straight to the heart of the matter forgoing any flowery small talk。 Why had

Esther e this afternoon; just as Kalbiye was about to take a consoling nap

with her grief? Well aware she’d take no interest in the latest silks from China

or  handkerchiefs  from  Bursa;  I  didn’t  even  pretend  to  open  my  bundle;  but

came  right  to  the  point  and  described  teary…eyed  Shekure’s  concern。  “It  has

heightened  Shekure’s  misery  to  think  that  she  has  somehow  hurt  your

feelings; with whom she shares the same sorrow;” I said。

Arrogantly;  Kalbiye  confirmed  that  she  hadn’t  asked  after  Shekure’s  well…

being; hadn’t visited to express her condolences or mourn with her; nor could

she bring herself to prepare and send any halva。 Behind her pride; there also

lurked  a  glee  that  she  couldn’t  conceal:  The  delight  that  her  resentment  had

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