After receiving both letters, Shekure confesses that she is confused about whom to marry. Black then makes individual visits to Butterfly, Stork, and Olive, who each tell Black three different parables about style and signature.īlack gives Esther a letter for Shekure, but before bringing it to Shekure, Esther shows it to Hasan, who writes his own letter. Osman is suspicious of Black, as Enishte is Osman’s archrival. Meanwhile, Black goes to see Master Osman, the Head Illuminator, and he is given a tour of the Royal Workshop.
The next chapter is narrated by an illustration of a tree, who declares that it is lonely because it fell out of the book of which it was supposed to be a part.
Shekure previously lived with her husband’s father and his brother, Hasan, but left when Hasan tried to rape her. Shekure admires Black’s handsomeness, but feels conflicted, as she is still technically married to a soldier who never returned from war. Riding away on his horse, Black catches a glimpse of Shekure at her window. As Black leaves Enishte’s house, Esther, a Jewish clothier, gives him a letter from Shekure. Enishte introduces Black to Shekure’s six-year-old son Orhan, who then overhears Enishte telling Black about the death of Elegant, whom people suspect was murdered. He tells Black about a trip he took to Venice, during which he was astonished (and frightened) by the new realist style of European painting. He has started frequenting a coffeehouse where a storyteller entertains the audience by impersonating different characters the murderer laughs at the storyteller’s impression of a dog, and he admits that he killed Elegant because Elegant was threatening to tell everyone about the secret book.Įnishte originally sent Black away after learning that he had fallen in love with Shekure, but he is now pleased with the way that Black has matured during his time in exile. The murderer reflects on his difficulty coming to terms with the fact that he has taken someone’s life.
Enishte wants Black to work on a secret book commissioned by the Sultan and illustrated by the three master miniaturists, Butterfly, Stork, and Olive. Before he left, Black fell in love with his cousin, Shekure, and he has now been summoned home by Shekure’s father (and Black’s uncle) Enishte. Meanwhile, Black has returned to Istanbul after 12 years away. Speaking from the afterlife, he hopes that his body is found soon and that the murderer is captured. Elegant has been murdered, and his corpse lies undiscovered at the bottom of a well.
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