Thousand splendid suns (page 16)

Furthermore, trust me," Nana stated, "it was an alleviation to your dad having me outside of anyone's ability to see. It suited him fine and dandy."

It was Muhsin, Jalil's eldest child by his first spouse, Khadija, who proposed the clearing-It was on the edges of Gul Daman. To get to it, one took a rutted, tough soil track that expand the fundamental street amongst Herat and Gul Daman. The track was flanked on either side by knee-high grass and dots of white and brilliant yellow blooms. The track wound tough and prompted a level field where poplars and cottonwoods took off and wild shrubberies developed in groups. From up there, one could make out the tips of the rusted sharp edges of Gul Daman's windmill, on the left, and, on the right, all of Herat spread beneath. The way finished opposite to a wide, trout-filled stream, which moved down from the Safid-koh mountains encompassing Gul Daman. Two hundred yards upstream, at the mountains, there was a round woods of sobbing willow trees. In the middle, in the shade of the willows, was the clearing.