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Oh so this is a TWO-murder book?? And the killer is still loose?? Great. Just great.

Esther recounts how she came to possess the letter and what she makes of it.

Orhan interrupts the meeting of Black and Enishte, briefly meets Black, and is scolded by his mother. Black’s mind is occupied by thoughts of Shekure as he wraps up his visit and begins the his journey to the Sultan’s workshop. He runs into a peddler named Esther who gives him a mysterious letter and points him in the direction of a window where is love is looking from.

The murderer, in apparent paranoia, recounts the murder and its motive-a dispute over a work of art commissioned by the sultan between him and his fellow miniaturist. A comparison is drawn between the murder and a crude work of art. Then Enishte recounts to Black how he was commissioned with his apprentices to do the illustration.

A murdered man describes his killing and pleads for vengeance on his killer. A man returns to Istanbul after working abroad for twelve years and describes his walk around town on a snowy night, including visits to family members’ graves and trying to discover the whereabouts of his love. The storyteller’s picture of a dog refutes Islam’s canine disdain and expresses his hatred for the cleric.