【】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>