【】baonended.butheorebabakneansprospearryingen,espereputablefalies,eandgoneandnoonehadsuaboroforsoraya,noonehadpaintedherpalhhenna,noonehadheldakoranoverherheaddress,andithadbeeaherihherateverywedding.</p>

andnoan,thisther,ileandthebarelyveiledhopeinhereyes.iysex.</p>

iuldneverreadthethoughtsinthegeneralseyes,butikneuchabouthisohaveanadversaryinthiseverthisbeher.</p>

“sitdoirjan,”shesaid.“soraya,gethichair,hadhosepeaches.theyresandfresh.”</p>

“nay,thankyou,”isaid.“ishouldgetgoing.fathersing.”</p>

“oh”khanuaherisaid,ysalaaoyourfather.andebacktoseeusagain.”</p>

“iyeye,isawsorayalookingaway.</p>

“ithoughtyou.heeinasiltaneouslyseriousandplayfulakesothingup,buthebitintoapeadir.justreerisaid.”</p>

thatnightihoughtoftheyhead.hadshesaidiheardyouysheetsandstaredattheinablenightsofyeldauntilisawheragain.</p>

itoretalkativeotheraround.asifherpresenadeouretings,ifnotgossipproof,thenlessgossipeclearlyearrassedsoraya.</p>

oneday,sorayaandieaboutschool,hoont.</p>

“ajorin”</p>

“itobeateacher,”shesaid.</p>

“reallywhy”</p>

“ivealeeslcertifiedandnoothereachertoo,shetaughtfarsiandhistoryatzarghoonahighschoirlsinkabul.”</p>

apotbelliednialkerhatofferedthreedollarsforafivedollarsetofhaveit.shedroppedtheneyinalittleeshyly.“ialittleearrassedaboutit.”</p>

“tell.”</p>