The date is August 15th. Chid, who cannot be the father, has returned: he has changed his orange robe for khaki pants and become a Christian. He is also ill. Inder Lal, who had been visiting the narrator's bed at night, is initially shy in Chid's presence (as well as disappointed by the disappearance of his Hindu ascetic words). The narrator is now certain that she is pregnant but.....
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