Dr. Aziz, has two close friends, Mahmoud Ali, a lawyer, and Hamidullah, the leading trial lawyer in Chandrapore. All three are Muslims. Dr. Aziz's wife is dead, and he has three small children who live with their maternal grandmother. He lives meagerly so he can send his salary to the grandmother. The three friends are having dinner at the home of Hamidullah and the conversation is about the arrogance of the occupying British and their insufferable treatment even of Indian intellectuals and professionals. As they finish their meal, a messenger brings a note asking Dr. Aziz to come to the bungalow of Major Callendar, the Civil Surgeon, and the head of the hospital.
He goes on his bicycle to the major's home as requested only to find that he is not there.....
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