At this novel's conclusion, a blind man is decapitated while attempting to flee a city. In this novel, the brother of a missing cavalryman attempts to marry his possibly widowed wife. In this novel, a crossdressing storyteller is killed by a religious mob during a raid (10[1])on a coffee house. Two characters (10[1]-5[1])in this novel search the Royal Treasury for manuscripts depicting a horse with a cut nostril. A Jewish woman in this novel passes letters between characters under the pretense of being a clothier. Chapters in this novel (-5[1])are narrated by a dog, a tree, Satan, and a man who (-5[1])■END■