Ipulledupandproposedtoinvestigate，butBlenkironverytestilydeclined。
’Zithersareascommonhereasfleas，’hesaid。’Youdon’twanttobefossickingaroundsomebody’sstablesandfindahorse—boyentertaininghisfriends。Theydon’tlikevisitorsinthiscountry;
andyou’llbeaskingfortroubleifyougoinsidethosewalls。Iguessit’ssomeoldBuzzard’sharem。’BuzzardwashisownprivatepeculiarnamefortheTurk，forhesaidhehadhadasaboyanaturalhistorybookwithapictureofabirdcalledtheturkey—buzzard，andcouldn’tgetoutofthehabitofapplyingittotheOttomanpeople。
Iwasn’tconvinced，soItriedtomarkdowntheplace。Itseemedtobeaboutthreemilesoutfromthecity，attheendofasteeplaneontheinlandsideofthehillcomingfromtheBosporus。Ifanciedsomebodyofdistinctionlivedthere，foralittlefartheronwemetabigemptymotor—carsnortingitswayup，andIhadanotionthatthecarbelongedtothewalledvilla。
NextdayBlenkironwasingrievoustroublewithhisdyspepsia。