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I couldn’t stand the silence。 “As you can see; this isn’t a horse made in the

style and method of the horse drawn for my Enishte’s book;” I said; “but the

nose is the same。 The artist attempted to see the world the way the Chinese

do。” I fell quiet。 “It’s a wedding procession。 It resembles a Chinese picture; but

the figures aren’t Chinese; they’re our people。”

The master’s lens seemed to be flat against the page; and his nose was flat

against the lens。 In order to see; he made use of not only his eyes; but his head;

the  muscles  of  his  neck;  his  aged  back  and  his  shoulders  with  all  his  might。

Silence。

“The nostrils of the horse are cut open;” he said later; breathless。

I leaned my head against his。 Cheek to cheek we stared at the nostrils for a

long long time。 I sadly realized that not only were the horse’s nostrils cut; but

Master Osman was having difficulty seeing them。

“You do see it; don’t you?”

“Only very little;” he said。 “Describe the picture。”

“If  you  ask  me;  this  is  a  melancholy  bride;”  I  said  mournfully。  “She’s

mounted  on  a  gray  horse  with  its  nostrils  cut  open;  she’s  on  her  way  to  be

wed; with her panions and an escort of guards who are strangers to her。

The  faces  of  the  guards;  their  harsh  expressions;  intimidating  black  beards;

furrowed eyebrows; long thick mustaches; heavy frames; robes of simple thin

cloth;  thin  shoes;  headdresses  of  bear  fur;  their  battle…axes  and  scimitars

indicate that they belong to the Whitesheep Turkmen of Transoxiana。 Perhaps

the  pretty  bride—who  appears  to  be  on  a  long  journey  to  judge  by  the  fact

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she’s  traveling  with  her  bridesmaid  at  night  by  the  light  of  oil  lamps  and

torches—is a melancholy Chinese princess。”

“Or  perhaps  we  only  think  the  bride  is  Chinese  now;  because  the

miniaturist;  to  emphasize  her  flawless  beauty;  whitened  her  face  as  the

Chinese do and painted her with slanted eyes;” said Master Osman。

“Whoever  she  might  be;  my  heart  aches  for  this  sad  beauty;  traveling  the

steppe in the middle of the night acpanied by grim…faced foreign guards;

heading  to  a  strange  land  and  a  husband  she’s  never  seen;”  I  said。  Then  I

immediately added; “How shall we determine who our miniaturist is from the

clipped nostrils of the horse she rides?”

“Turn  the  pages  of  the  album  and  tell  me  what  you  see;”  said  Master

Osman。

Just  then;  we  were  joined  by  the  dwarf  whom  I’d  seen  sitting  on  the

chamber  pot  as  I  was  running  to  bring  the  volume  to  Master  Osman;  the

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