Flowers of the Desert
Umm’s fevers grew better for a short time, but then again she fell deep into her sickness, and in them telling the last of her story. Umm had heard from more traveling merchants many years later that the man had sought forgiveness by the gods, had entered into the service of the Temple of Mitra, becoming a priest. Umm did not believe such evil could be forgiven so easily and she continued to stain her hair dark with the dyes until she was old enough for the pale hair to look naturally grayed. Every morning till her death, she insisted on putting the yellow tincture into her eyes to hide their color.
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