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in silence, while I chased
after a tiring and useless life.
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Things flow more slowly and softly here.
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This light breeze
dissolves my worries
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and makes my body vibrate.
:38:20
I finally feel like starting over.
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I met her at a party
at the embassy.
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She never told me
how she came to Istanbul.
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She looked beautiful.
She was also very tall, like you.
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She talked and talked.
It was a pleasure to listen to her.
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I was told that she had been
the lover of Hikmet, the poet.
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See that painting?
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It's beautiful,
I noticed it coming in.
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Well, it's not beautiful,
but he gave it to her.
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And Anita gave it to me
shortly before her death.
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She had valuable paintings,
but sold them all to pay the creditors.
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Did she have many debts?
:39:19
The money her husband left her
didn't last long,
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and Turkish baths were
already out of fashion.
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- Was she married?
- Yes,
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to Ender, the king of coffee.
They separated after 20 days.
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"Ender" means "rare" in Turkish.
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He was quite an extravagant fellow.
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After the divorce, Anita invested
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part of the money she got
from her husband in the hamam.