"Bipti's father, futile with asthma, propped himself upon his string bed and said, as he always did on unhappy occasions, 'Fate. There is nothing we can do about it."' Book 1, Chapter 1, pg. 15
"Abruptly, he decided that the calf was lost for good; that the calf was anyway able to look after itself and would somehow make its way back to its mother in Dhari's yard. In the meantime, the best thing for him to do would be to hide until the calf was found, or perhaps forgotten. It was getting late and he decided that the best place for him to hide would be at home." Book 1, Chapter 1, pg. 25
"'The magistrate will have something else to say,' Dhari said. 'A calf is a calf, and for one who is not as rich.....
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