Summary

In Chapter 10, Mrs. Devi arrives and takes Koly to see Mr. Das, the man who owns the sari business. They ride in a car, and Koly is amazed at the air conditioning. Mrs. Devi tells Koly about her father. His father died when Mrs. Devi’s father was young. One day he arrived home to discover that his mother was gone. He was told that she had died, but he later discovers that she had been abandoned in Vrindavan. He goes to the city and apprentices himself to an ironworker. One day he is asked to repair a drill bit and offers an idea to make the bit more effective. His design is good, and he is soon wealthy. He never finds his mother. When he dies as a wealthy man, he leaves his money to the widows' home.

Mrs. Devi introduces Koly to...