Summary

Summer nears and Gauri spends more time in the air conditioned library, enjoying that she can be anonymous. In June, after commencement, there were few people around, and she often felt as though she had the place to herself. She stays near the philosophy section, reading and taking notes. In July, the heat seemed intolerable. Most campus buildings were closed now and predictably, her contractions begin in the library three days before her due date. She goes home, packs a bag and waits for Subhash. He put his arm around her, helping her to the car, and then driving through a downpour that forces him to go slowly. Like many mothers-to-be, now that the time had come a part of her would rather have put off the birth for a while longer.

Gauri delivers a girl and agrees to name her...