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and defining the Ottoman style。”

Why did the awe that I’d felt wholeheartedly only a short time ago give way

to hypocrisy as I voiced my feelings? For our praise of a man; whose talent and

mastery  genuinely  astounds  us;  to  be  sincere;  must  he  lose  most  of  his

authority and influence and bee slightly pathetic?

“Now then; where’s that dwarf hiding?” he said。

He said this the way powerful men who are pleased by flattery and praise

but recollect vaguely that they ought not be would—as though he wished to

change the subject。

“Despite being a great master of Persian legends and styles; you’ve created a

distinct  world  of  illustration  worthy  of  Ottoman  glory  and  strength;”  I

whispered。  “You’re  the  one  who  brought  to  art  the  power  of  the  Ottoman

sword; the optimistic colors of Ottoman victory; the interest in and attention

to  objects  and  implements;  and  the  freedom  of  a  fortable  lifestyle。  My

dear  master;  it’s  been  the  greatest  honor  of  my  life  to  look  at  these

masterpieces by the old legendary masters with you…”

For a long time I whispered on in this manner。 Within the icy darkness and

cluttered  disarray  of  the  Treasury;  which  resembled  a  recently  abandoned

battlefield; our bodies were so close that my whispering became an expression

of intimacy。

Later; as with certain blind men who can’t control their facial expressions;

Master  Osman’s  eyes  assumed  the  look  of  an  old  man  lost  in  pleasure。  I

praised the old master at length; now with heartfelt emotion; now shuddering

with the inner revulsion I felt toward the blind。

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He held my hand with his cold fingers; caressed my forearm and touched

my face。 His strength and age seemed to pass through his fingers into me。 I;

again; thought of Shekure who awaited me at home。

Standing still that way for a time; pages opened before us; it was as if my

lavish praise and his self…admiration and self…pity had so fatigued us that we

were resting。 We’d bee embarrassed of each other。

“Where’s that dwarf gone to?” he asked again。

I was certain that the wily dwarf was hiding in some niche watching us。 As

if I were searching him out; I turned my shoulders right and left; but kept my

eyes trained attentively on Master Osman。 Was he truly blind or was he trying

to  convince  the  world;  including  himself;  that  he  was  blind?  I’d  heard  that

some untalented and inpetent old masters from Shiraz feigned blindness

in their old age to curry respect and to prevent others from mentioning their

failures。

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