The Turkish educational system has its merits.
This, in its way is comforting.

If only I could accept her as a human creature.

But when I think of her callous reception of the tidings of the unhappy boy's death, my spirit fails me.

Such a being would run a carving-knife into you, as you slept, without any compunction, and when you squeaked, she would laugh.

Look at her base ingratitude to the good Hamdi Effendi, who took her in before she was born and has treated her as a daughter all her life.