and colorful clouds sory mig. tually testified separately before tration toget returned from e of destitution  a o look after ually in tears and  for remarriage because sill considered married, and ate s even receive a loan  permission from  even a man as deaf as a stone  ears. tless proxy, , asks about Ser a moment of ation, I immediately interrupt, declaring t eemed fatan, is still alive.

    “Until estifies in court, I’ll never grant he proxy.

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    “ does s  to see er divorced from  en, I’d understand if truste for son-in-la pass ah his wish unfulfilled.”

    “t, sir,” I said.

    “ t be?”

    “It is I!”

    “Come noative!” said t line of work are you in?”

    “In tern provinces, I served as secretary, cary and assistant treasurer to various pased a ory of t I intend to present to Our Sultan. I’m a connoisseur of illustrating and decoration. I’ve been burning y years.”

    “Are you a relative of hers?”

    I  ly and unexpectedly into groveling meekness before t  devoid of any mystery, t I fell completely silent.

    “Instead of turning beet red, give me an ans I refuse to grant her a divorce.”

    “Ser of my maternal aunt.”

    “o make her happy?”

    ion ure. turist s t’d be enougo show how much I blushed.

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