By the end of the year, Owad leaves Port of Spain. He marries Dorothy's cousin, a bluff, hearty Presbyterian girl educated in Canada. The couple moves to the Trinidad city of San Fernando, where Owad sets up a private practice. The Community Welfare Department is abolished. Many people feel it is unnecessary, with so many opportunities afforded by the American military bases. Mr. Biswas returns to the Sentinel.
Savi, who has never excelled at anything except mathematics, wins a scholarship to study abroad. Anand goes to England to study. Anand writes gloomy, homesick letters, and Mr. Biswas sends cheery replies. One day at work, Mr. Biswas's heart gives out. Shama is summoned. She packs his pajamas and goes to meet Mr. Biswas at the hospital. He goes back to work for a few months, but.....
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