tect us—and keep my fatell me, under  and conditions o our safety? t we o resolve.”

    ure to speak, but I easily silenced less times before.

    “In t is my o till alive. It o take advantage of me during  t embarrassed my fat I o return to my fat officially a  no my fat even a brotion t my only possible guardians are my o urned to tening me. Once t ate to take official action. My only o prevent to conceal my fathe crime.”

    At t very moment, a t gracefully filtered tters and fell beting t dust inside the room.

    “t to Black’s eyes, in tentiveness more to prove my  time of my fat be discounted, I’m afraid t ions, if not against me, t my fat a protector, t of my fatially simplifying matters at  ed, cause me great misfortune at ance,   me to marry you?”

    “Your fat  you to marry me?” asked Black.

    “No, ,  you’d take me aunate fation. Do you have any?”

    “None at all, my darling.”

    “Fine, ty of my discussing marital circumstances on my oes t I must, unfortunately, explain to you.”

    As I fell silent for a ed an apology for ation.

    “First,” I began, “you must snesses t if you beoo a degree t I find unbearable, or if you take a second  me a divorce  snesses t if for  from t a visit, I ed a divorce er o my il t or until you find o torture him myself!

    —and until Our Sultan’s book, completed under talents and efforts, ed to  shey were your own children.”

    “I agree.”

    “Good. If all of tacles t still lie before us dis