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October 1942
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frighten the snakes away. And now and then from the window we could see the glow of a hurricane lantern, which lit the path for someone. And sometimes we would hear the soft thud of the rikshawwalla.
Madhu asked "May I dance?" "Please do."
Then Madhu took out a 'thali' from the suitcase, filled it with some flowers, 'kunku' and camphor. She lit the camphor and then holding the 'thali' in her left hand, burst into a dance.
And after a little while she softly sang her song of thanks as she danced. And then she put 'kunku' on my foreheadl
I sat there watching and listening. And after a while she put the •thali' down and d d a 'garba' round and round me. And she sang a very plaintive melody. And then the song was over and she sat down at my feet. And she 'touched my feet with her forehead. I gently lifted her up.
And then the world stood still!
On the 3rd day we returned to Bombay. Madhu was extremely depressed and nervous. And when our train entered the tunnel near Thana, she said softly. "Perhaps some day when you have a home, and want someone to look after it. perhaps then — .
"Oh but what am I saying. Forgive me, dear .... By that time I suppose I'll be a confirmed prostitute!"
And then the '.rain thundered through the tunnel, and the deafening clamour drowned her whispered sob.
Madhu finished her examination on Friday the 24th of March, and on Sunday the Sethji was to come and Madhu was to "render unto Caesar — "
And on that day Madhu sat by the sea, watching the sun sink into the cool depths. And darkness was spreading over this world of ours*. The children who had been playing,
were wending their way home and the.'r joyful cries were receding.
But Madhu knew that after the nignt was over the sun would rise once again, and there would be brightness and warmth once again.
And so Madhu went 'home'. As she entered, she saw Sethji talking to her uncle. And an imperceptible shudder shook her body. He was
an old man with more than "one foot already in the grave". Brown blotches spread all over his flabby face, — Stooping shoulders, — Protruding belly, — Shifty eyes behind gold-framed glasses. And a drooping whitish moustache!
Madhu walked into the inner room. And after a while Sethji entered it and clumsily closed the door.
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