【】,hesaid,until.“,buttothestreets.besides,.ha,sohrab”buttheboyjustkeptlookingdohelinehhisfinger.</p>
“ivebeenaningtoask,”faridsaid,alittlehesitantly.“happehathousehappealib”</p>
“letsjustsayhgotwedeserved,”isaid.</p>
faridnodded,didntpu**.itoeeefriends.“ivebeenaningtoasksothingtoo.”</p>
“”</p>
ididntkhan,”isaid.</p>
“hesgone.”</p>
heartskipped.“ishe”</p>
“no,just...gone.”hehandedafoldedpieallkey.“thelandlavethis.hesaidrahihahedayafterwedid.”</p>
“wheredidhego”</p>
faridshrugged.“thelandlorddidntknokhaheletterandthekeyforyouandtookhisleave.”hekedhisch.“idbettergo.bia,sohrab.”</p>
“uldyouleavehiereforauplater”ituedtosohrab.“doyoueforalittlewhile”</p>
heshruggedandsaidnothing.</p>
“ofurse,”faridsaid.“illpiaz.”</p>
thereyrooten,onea,andayoungnoffifteenorsixteentothehazaraboysittingonastool.rooatesfaliesoldeninbrightshaleezes,etispeoplejust,likethetall,beardedn.aishaaskedhiothinginurdu.hepaidheoattentionatlelohannecessary.agaispunarounda.</p>
“hohishands.</p>
“areyouhungrythatladytheregaveaplateofbiryani,butiteatit,”isaid.ididntkno.“youit”</p>
heshookhishead.</p>
“doyoutotalk”</p>
heshookhisheadagain.</p>