Chapter 23: XXII

XXII In the Torture Chamber The Persian’s Narrative Continued We were in the middle of a little six-cornered room, the sides of which were covered with mirrors from top to bottom. In the corners, we could clearly see the “joins” in the glasses, the segments intended to turn on their gear; yes, I recognized them and I recognized the iron tree in the corner, at the bottom of one of those segments … the iron tree, with its iron branch, for the hanged men. I seized my companion’s ar…