Yusuf Zuck had lain in the sickroom for a day; come night, he had heard Master Shepherd coming over, asking the servants at the door how the new son-in-law was doing. After asking, however, he had left without entering the sickroom; Yusuf faintly heard that Master Shepherd seemed to be heading out and would only return the day after tomorrow.
Yusuf had hoped that Master Shepherd would come in so that they could talk, but since Master Shepherd had left, he had no choice but to wait for his return.
However, after he had lain drowsily through the night, early the next morning, he heard crying and shouting from the courtyard; the whole place had come alive.
"Whoosh—" The aged servant rushed in, his face streaked with tears, and with a thud, he knelt before Yusuf: "Young Master... Master... Master has died!"
"What? What?" Yusuf sat up again. How could that be possible? The Master had just welcomed a new son-in-law yesterday, and today he was dead? Could this really be true?
