Because of his quiet manner, Baba believes Amir will never be brazen or bold. Assef felt no compunction for the pain he caused Hassan as a child because of his religious and social beliefs. The hospital was a din of screaming patients due to the massacre this morning at Mazar-i-Sharif. Assef’s speech made the crowd shrink in fear just as he had expected. Due to Amir’s indiscretion at the hotel, Sohrab manages to run away to the mosque. Hassan believed he did not have the perquisites to live in the same house as Rahim, despite Rahim’s protests. Amir and Sohrab sat in the mosque, silent as the stone sepulchers outside.