VII
MERAB
(Jeremie’s third dream)
Ethiopus and Merab became real friends. They invited each other to their homes and spent a lot of time telling secrets. Ethiopus was a young bride who liked to complain about her husband Abdner who never kept his word. Merab envied her friend. She really loved her stranger but she was wondering why he refused to tell his name and above all, why he always post-poned the date of their wedding. The two young women were relaxing on the terrace of the Barradant’s palace.
“Don’t count on me to tell you my brother’s name. It is the usage in our country, you will know it on the evening of the wedding day.
“But you know him very well, don’t you ask him why he always postpones the wedding date…”
Her tender voice was beseeching her. Some sweat was forming in dr
