An Evil Eye
“It’s our work, every inch—and every inch will get you closer! Bring the ladies! All safe, all sound!”Beside him, men were shouting and laughing.Yashim heard their words and saw their happy faces, but he made nothing of it. He could not rid himself of the possibility that Hyacinth had taken his own life. He may have slipped on the ice and overbalanced. He was an old man, after all. But he had asked, “Is it true?” Yashim had said that yes, he believed it to be true: the valide would be moving to ...Besiktas. And Hyacinth might not be going.The memory turned like the wheels of the cart that Yashim was following at a cautious distance, to avoid the splash as it lurched into a puddle of dirty water freckled with recent snow. The cartwheels bounced, and began to drum as if they were running over the deck of a ship.The traffic was busier than usual: he’d never seen or heard so many carts and porters scurrying about here on a winter’s evening.He hunched his shoulders against the wind, and looked up for a caïque.Hyacinth fell, he repeated to himself.MoreLess
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