Summary

Chapter 33: Professor Godbole, now the Minister of Education in Mau, attends a rebirthing ceremony.

Chapter 34: Dr. Aziz, also at the rebirthing ceremony, sees Professor Godbole outside of the palace. They talk and Godbole tells Dr. Aziz that Fielding has returned to India with his wife. Fielding had written letters to Dr. Aziz about his marriage to someone he knew, but Dr. Aziz destroyed them after reading no further. Dr. Aziz is being investigated by Colonel Maggs, the area’s Political Agent, because of his charges in Chandrapore.

Chapter 35: During a visit to a shrine in Mau, Dr. Aziz sees Fielding and a man he identifies as his brother-in-law. Still holding to the belief that Fielding married Adela, Dr. Aziz calls the man Mr. Quested. The man corrects this by stating that his name is Ralph Moore, and Dr. Aziz learns that Fielding married Stella Moore...