Kitznen, Provence of Affrankon, 13 Duh'l-Qa'dah,


1530 AH (10 November, 2106)

"Now he," Besma said, "is a beautiful man."


"Do you suppose he really looked like that?" Petra asked, "Or do you think maybe my great-grandmother sort of . . . what's the word?"


"Idealized?"


"Yes, that one. Do you think she idealized him or did he really look like that?"


"Either way, he's a dream. And there's something about that."


"That" was a male appendage, plainly visible in the drawing.


To that Petra agreed. Mohammad had had a point. Even at nine, a girl is still in good part already a woman.


The drawing the girls were looking at in the journal was labeled "Mahmoud" in the artist's superb handwriting.


"He's one of my people, I think," Besma said.


"Not one of mine, for sure," Petra agreed. "What do you think he was to my great-grandmother?"


"I don't know. Let's try to read some more. Maybe we can find out."


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